This is a developing story.
Israel and Iran agreed to a “Complete and Total CEASEFIRE,” President Donald Trump announced Monday evening on Truth Social.
Trump’s post described an unusual sequence leading to a final settlement. “Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World.”
Neither Israel nor Iran confirmed the news, and Iran’s New York Mission declined to comment when France 24 asked if they had received a ceasefire proposal.
Trump said the ceasefire would begin at 12 a.m. ET.
Earlier in the day, Iran retaliated for America’s Saturday night attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, firing ballistic missiles at a U.S. military base in Qatar. No Americans were reported harmed. The New York Times reported that Tehran had notified Qatari officials, and Trump thanked Iran “for giving us early notice.”
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