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 all the pieces works because it ought to, which it’ll, 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 stated in a social media put up.
“This can be a Battle that might have gone on for years, and destroyed your complete Center East, however it 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 urged 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.
“Only a few 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 stated.
“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 facet.”
Center East analyst Omar Rahman instructed Al Jazeera that many particulars are lacking from Trump’s announcement, together with whether or not negotiations would comply with 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 stated he would determine within two weeks whether or not to affix Israel within the warfare, solely to strike Iran two days later.
Rahman stated a significant Israeli assault within the ultimate hours, together with the attainable assassination of Iranian Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei might blow up the deal.
“If that’s the final operation, would that all of the sudden finish the warfare? No, after all, not. So, I don’t know what’s within the playing cards,” he stated.
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 bunch of individuals, have 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 stated the assaults have been unprovoked aggression in violation of the United Nations Constitution, and responded with a whole bunch of missiles that left widespread destruction inside Israel.
On Saturday, Trump authorised US strikes on three Iranian nuclear services.
Earlier on Monday, Iran launched an unprecedented missile attack 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, stated the US could possibly face 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 services, wants to rework the army achievement right into a political one enshrined by an settlement,” Maki instructed Al Jazeera Arabic after the Iranian assault.
He famous that Iran nonetheless has massive portions of extremely enriched uranium in addition to nuclear know-how.
“So in two to 3 years, Iran might resume its nuclear exercise however with out inspections. It might produce a bomb with out the world noticing,” Maki stated.
The harm that the Iranian nuclear programme has sustained remains unclear. Iran insists that it isn’t pursuing a nuclear weapon, whereas Israel is extensively believed to have an undeclared nuclear arsenal.
