Trump says ‘total' ceasefire between Iran and Israel agreed and is set to start in HOURS after Tehran missile strike
WAR IS OVER Trump says 'total' ceasefire between Iran and Israel agreed and is set to start in HOURS after Tehran missile strike
DONALD Trump has said that a "complete and total ceasefire" has been agreed between Iran and Israel after 12 days of intense bombing.
The president added that the deal was "fully agreed upon between Israel and Iran" and will take place in a phased 24-hour process.
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Trump says a ceasefire has been agreed between Israel and Iran
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Several missile interceptions by air defence systems seen in Doha
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Grab from a footage shared by Iranian state news agency appears to show a missile being launched at Qatar targeting US military base
Credit: IRNA News Agency
Trump made the announcement just hours after Iran dramatically attacked a US military base in Qatar.
He wrote on Truth Social: It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE."
Don said this is a war that "could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East", but it "didn't, and never will".
He dubbed the conflict "THE 12 DAY WAR", before adding: "This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn't, and never will!"
Trump said the ceasefire would begin at 5am (UK time) on Tuesday, with Iran unilaterally halting all operations. Israel would follow suit 12 hours later.
The war will then be considered over after 12 more hours, he added.
A White House official told Reuters that Israel agreed to the US-proposed ceasefire as long as Iran does not carry out more attacks.
Iran also agreed to the peace deal, adding that no further attacks will take place against Israel, the White House official added.
During a phone call with Tehran, Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Mohammed bin Al-Thani, secured Iran's agreement to a US ceasefire proposal.
It came just minutes after several explosions were heard in Tehran from apparent Israeli airstrikes.
In an interview on Fox News that began moments after the president's announcement, Vice President JD Vance praised Trump for getting the deal 'across the finish line.'
He said: 'We were actually working on that just as I left the White House to come over here. So that's good news, that the president was able to get that across the finish line."
He added that Iran is no more capable of building a nuclear weapon "because we destroyed it."
Earlier, Trump dismissed the Iranian missile strike targeting the Al Udaid US air base - which houses 10,000 American troops - as "very weak".
All the Iranian missiles were shot down, and no casualties were reported.
But Iran vowed to continue the retaliation after launching a salvo of ballistic missiles targeting the military base in Doha.
Trump said Iran gave the US advanced warning of attacks on their military base in Qatar
"I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured," Trump wrote on social media.
The president expressed hope that the missile would be the end of Iranian retaliation for US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said that Tehran will be ready to respond again in case of further action by the US, indicating the regime is not interested in striking American targets again.
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