United States President Donald Trump says that Iran and Israel have agreed to a “full and complete” ceasefire, which can 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’s going to, I wish to congratulate each International locations, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Braveness, and Intelligence to finish, what must be referred to as, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR,’” Trump mentioned in a social media publish.
“This can be a Conflict that might have gone on for years, and destroyed the complete 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 america 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.
“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 facet.”
Center East analyst Omar Rahman informed 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 determine within two weeks whether or not to affix Israel within the struggle, solely to strike Iran two days later.
Rahman mentioned a serious 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 out of the blue finish the struggle? No, in fact, not. So, I don’t know what’s within the playing cards,” he mentioned.
Israel launched an enormous assault towards 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 mentioned 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, mentioned the US might be able to face up to Iranian assaults on its bases with out responding if they don’t trigger casualties.
“The US, after the necessary strike on Iran’s nuclear services, wants to rework the army achievement right into a political one enshrined by an settlement,” Maki informed 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 mentioned.
The harm that the Iranian nuclear programme has sustained remains unclear. Iran insists that it’s not pursuing a nuclear weapon, whereas Israel is extensively believed to have an undeclared nuclear arsenal.
