United States President Donald Trump says that Iran and Israel have agreed to a “full and whole” ceasefire, which is able to come into impact within the coming hours.
Trump’s announcement on Monday got here shortly after an Iranian missile assault on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which homes US troops.
“On the belief that the whole lot works because it ought to, which it should, I want 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 mentioned in a social media publish.
“It is a Struggle that would have gone on for years, and destroyed your entire Center East, but it surely didn’t, and by no means will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Center East, God bless the USA of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!”
Neither Israel nor Iran has confirmed the settlement.
Trump’s assertion recommended that Iran would cease firing at Israel hours earlier than the Israeli army ends its operations.
Reporting from Tehran, Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi famous that there has not been an official affirmation of the deal greater than an hour after Trump’s announcement.
“Just some minutes in the past, we heard the sounds of explosions associated to an interception and the activation of the air defence system right here throughout the capital,” Asadi mentioned.
“So the truth on the bottom is that we’re witnessing the continuation of the Israeli strikes, and that’s paving the best way for additional retaliatory reactions by the Iranian aspect.”
Center East analyst Omar Rahman advised Al Jazeera that many particulars are lacking from Trump’s announcement, together with whether or not negotiations would observe the purported ceasefire.
Rahman accused Trump of earlier “deception” on behalf of Israel. The US president had re-asserted the US dedication to diplomacy hours earlier than Israel launched its preliminary assault on Iran.
Final week, Trump mentioned he would resolve inside two weeks whether or not to hitch Israel within the conflict, solely to strike Iran two days later.
Rahman mentioned a serious Israeli assault within the last hours, together with the potential assassination of Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei may blow up the deal.
“If that’s the final operation, would that out of the blue finish the conflict? No, after all, not. So, I don’t know what’s within the playing cards,” he mentioned.
Israel launched an enormous assault in opposition to Iran within the early hours of June 13, with out direct provocation. Israeli officers claimed that the strikes, which killed a whole lot of individuals, had been “preemptive” and aimed on the nation’s nuclear and missile programmes.
Within the first wave of the assaults, Israel killed a number of Iranian generals.
Iran mentioned the assaults had been unprovoked aggression in violation of the United Nations Constitution, and responded with a whole lot of missiles that left widespread destruction inside Israel.
On Saturday, Trump authorised US strikes on three Iranian nuclear amenities.
Earlier on Monday, Iran launched an unprecedented missile assault at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in response to the US strikes. Trump dismissed the retaliation as “weak”, suggesting that the US wouldn’t reply.
Liqaa Maki, a scholar at Al Jazeera Media Institute, mentioned the US could possibly stand up to Iranian assaults on its bases with out responding if they don’t trigger casualties.
“The US, after the essential strike on Iran’s nuclear amenities, wants to remodel the army achievement right into a political one enshrined by an settlement,” Maki advised Al Jazeera Arabic after the Iranian assault.
He famous that Iran nonetheless has giant portions of extremely enriched uranium in addition to nuclear know-how.
“So in two to a few years, Iran may resume its nuclear exercise however with out inspections. It may produce a bomb with out the world noticing,” Maki mentioned.
The harm that the Iranian nuclear programme has sustained stays unclear. Iran insists that it isn’t pursuing a nuclear weapon, whereas Israel is extensively believed to have an undeclared nuclear arsenal.
