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Donald Trump warned Israel against carrying out more attacks on Iran, hours after he announced that a ceasefire between the two parties had entered into force.
The American president used a nap clear while criticizing the two parties, after the two sides exchanged accusations of violating the truce reached by the United States and Qatar.
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This comes after Israel announced that Iran had evacuated the agreement, promising to respond with “strong strikes.”
Iran denied the rumors of rockets in the direction of Israel, while the country’s highest security apparatus pledged to respond to any new Israeli aggression.
The following is the most important thing we know about the ceasefire between Iran and Israel.
When did the ceasefire entered into force?
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Shortly five in the morning GMT on Tuesday, Trump announced that the ceasefire had come into effect.
“Please, do not violate it!”, Thus, the American President appealed to the two parties in a post on his platform Truth Sushal.
The Israeli government said that it had agreed to the US ceasefire proposal after six o’clock in the morning GMT last Tuesday, after Iran indicated that it would stop the attack if Israel took the same.
However, a few hours later, Israel accused Iran of launching new attacks on its soil.
This came after Iran fired missiles at an American base in Qatar last Monday, while it said it was a retaliatory response to American strikes targeting its nuclear sites during the weekend last weekend.
What did Trump said about the ceasefire?
In a publication on the Truth Suusal platform, Trump appealed to Israel, saying: “Do not drop these bombs” on Iran.
In statements he made to the media a little later, Trump expressed his dissatisfaction, saying that he was “satisfied with the actions of Israel.”
“It seems that a single missile was mistakenly fired after the deadline, and now Israel is responding strongly. They have to calm down a little,” Trump said.
He said, in a state of great anger, it seems that the two countries do not know what they are doing.
But he said in another publication shortly, “The ceasefire entered into force.”
How did Iran and Israel respond?
Two hours after Israel announced its approval of the armistice, the Israeli army said it had monitored missiles fired from Iran.
Yisrael Katz, the IDF Minister of Defense, accused Iran of “a complete violation” of the terms of the agreement, adding that he had instructed the army “to continue the intense activity in targeting Tehran to thwart the goals of the regime and the terrorist infrastructure.”
The Iranian army denied that it fired missiles after the ceasefire entered into force.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards later confirmed that “in the last moments before the imposition of a ceasefire on the enemy”, it targeted “military and logistical centers” inside Israel.
The Tasnim News Agency, linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, stated that Israel launched a “military attack from three stages” on its soil after the ceasefire came into effect.
The Supreme National Security Council in Iran said earlier that the Israeli attacks “will be met with a decisive and firm response by Iran.”
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Did the ceasefire to violates?
The Israeli Prime Minister’s office accused Iran of firing rockets towards its lands after the armistice entered into force yesterday, which was denied by Tehran. He added that the Israeli army responded by targeting “radar system near Tehran.”
Iran and Israel were exchanging a thick ceasefire.
The Israeli army said that the country was subjected to a number of attacks between Monday night and morning last Tuesday. Rescue crews reported that four people were killed and 22 others were injured in the city of Beersheba.
Iranian official media reported that Iran launched a “last batch of missiles” towards Israel at the time.
The Iranian official television channel reported during the night that the capital, Tehran, has witnessed the fiercest clashes in the field of air defense since the outbreak of the war on June 13, while residents reported to BBC Persian that they heard violent explosions.
On the other hand, the Israeli army said it had bombed and destroyed missile launchers in western Iran, noting that it was “ready to launch in the direction of Israeli territory.”
Tehran said that another nuclear scientist was killed before the agreement entered into force.
Why did Israel attack Iran?
Israel launched attacks on nuclear and military sites in Iran on Friday, June 13, claiming that Tehran was close to having a nuclear weapon.
Israel said it did not find a substitute for Iran’s bombing after the stumbling of the diplomatic talks that were aimed at reducing the Tehran nuclear program.
The Israeli military campaign was carried out in light of the escalation of international anxiety from Iran’s increase in uranium enrichment – an essential element in the manufacture of nuclear weapons.
However, there is no international consensus on the extent of Iran approaching a nuclear weapon so far.
In the following days, Israel targeted Iranian infrastructure, which it may be used to “develop nuclear weapons”.
The United States later joined the Israeli strikes, using what is known as the breach bombs against Fordo, a uranium enrichment facility located deep in a mountain outside Tehran.
In an update issued yesterday, Tuesday, a spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Health said that the Israeli strikes resulted in the death of 610 people and the injury of 4,746 others since the beginning of the confrontation.
According to the Israeli Ministry of Health, four people were killed on Tuesday, which raised the death toll since June 13 to 28 people.
What are Iran’s nuclear capabilities?
Iran says it runs a completely peaceful nuclear program for civil purposes.
And the International Atomic Energy Agency warned last month that Iran has fertilized more than 400 kilograms of uranium with a purity of 60% – a percentage that approaches the level of military use, and much exceeds what is used for civil purposes.
American sources say that the strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against Iranian nuclear sites have greatly suspended the possibilities of Tehran to develop a nuclear weapon.
Hassan Abedini, Deputy Political Director of the Iranian Radio and Television, said that the three sites targeted by the United States had been evacuated “a while ago,” adding that Iran “was not subjected to a major blow because the materials had already been transferred.”