Israel and Iran have agreed to a whole and whole ceasefire, set to start at about midnight, President Donald Trump introduced on social media on Monday night.
For a number of hours, neither Israeli nor Iranian officers publicly commented on Trump’s announcement.
The settlement described by Trump entails two 12-hour ceasefire durations, beginning with Iran at about 12 a.m. EDT. That will come “when Israel and Iran have wound down and accomplished their in progress, last missions,” Trump mentioned within the Truth Social post.
Israel would then observe with a second 12-hour ceasefire, Trump mentioned.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to be like in Washington, DC, on April 7, 2025. | Iran’s Supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is proven in Tehran on March 20, 2025. | President Donald Trump is proven in Washington, D.C., on April 7, 2025.
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After 24 hours, the struggle could be formally declared ended, Trump mentioned.
“On the belief that every part works because it ought to, which it would, I wish to congratulate each International locations, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Braveness, and Intelligence to finish, what needs to be referred to as, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR,'” Trump wrote within the submit.
The announcement got here two days after the U.S. joined Israel’s struggle, launching strikes on three Iranian nuclear targets.
The struggle started June 12 when Israel launched a collection of strikes in opposition to Iran that included dozens of navy targets, together with the nation’s nuclear program, in what Israeli officers referred to as a “preemptive” strike.
Earlier Monday, Iran fired missiles targeting Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar — the biggest U.S. navy base within the area — elevating considerations about potential escalation. Nonetheless, a U.S. official instructed ABC Information the U.S. intercepted the missiles with help from Qatar and Trump, who referred to as the response “very weak,” struck a de-escalatory tone on social media. One supply later referred to as Iran’s transfer a “failed retaliation.”
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