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JERUSALEM/TEHRAN/NEW YORK, June 24 (Xinhua) — Israel has achieved its goals in the operation against Iran and accepted U.S. President Donald Trump’s ceasefire offer, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
According to a statement from his office, Netanyahu stressed that Israel had achieved its goal of eliminating the nuclear and missile threat from Iran.
The ceasefire came into effect after several waves of Iranian attacks on Israel, Iran’s Press TV reported earlier on Tuesday.
The ceasefire was agreed by both sides after the Israeli military said it had intercepted Iranian missiles, without giving the exact time of the attack.
“Some time ago, sirens sounded in several areas of Israel after identifying missiles launched from Iran towards the State of Israel,” the military said in a statement posted on Telegram at around 05:00 local time. Iran has since launched several waves of missiles at Israel, according to Iranian state media.
D. Trump earlier said that a ceasefire between the two sides would begin at around 04:00 GMT, with Iran expected to cease its operations first.
The Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi had earlier said there was no “agreement” between Iran and Israel on a ceasefire. However, he said Iran was prepared to stop further retaliatory actions if Israeli attacks were stopped by 04:00 Tehran time /00:30 GMT/.
“If Israel stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 a.m., Iran does not intend to continue retaliatory actions after that,” the Foreign Minister wrote on the X website, adding that Tehran will make a final decision on ending military operations later.
The conflicting statements have left observers doubtful that a cease-fire has been implemented. As of Monday evening, neither Israel nor Iran had publicly confirmed any agreement. The White House and Pentagon have also made no official statements, and it remains unclear whether the announced truce had been discussed through diplomatic channels or whether the parties intend to adhere to its terms.
On Monday evening, Trump announced on his social network Truth Social that Israel and Iran had reached a formal agreement on a full and complete ceasefire, marking the end of the “12-day war.” According to him, the ceasefire will initially last for 12 hours, during which the warring parties intend to maintain “peace and respect.”
Calling the agreement a breakthrough that “could save the Middle East from years of destruction,” Trump concluded his statement with a call for unity. “God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and God bless the world,” he wrote. –0–