By Euronews
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A ceasefire in the so-called “12-day war” between Iran and Israel was announced by the White House early on Tuesday morning.
Just after 0700CET, US President Donald Trump announced that a ceasefire between the two countries had taken effect, saying “Please do not violate it!” in a post on Truth Social.
Around an hour later, the Israeli government confirmed it had agreed to the ceasefire proposal with Iran indicating it would stop attacks if Israel did the same.
Two hours after Israel agreed to the truce, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it had identified missiles launched from Iran.
That prompted Defence Minister Israel Katz to instruct the IDF to continue attacking Tehran, slamming the “complete violation” of the truce’s terms.
Iran denied it had fired any missiles after the ceasefire came into effect with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) later saying it had struck “military and logistical centres” in Israel “in the final moments before the ceasefire was imposed on the enemy.”
After the apparent shaky start to the ceasefire, Trump later posted on Truth Social saying, “Both Israel and Iran wanted to stop the War, equally! It was my great honor to Destroy All Nuclear facilities & capability, and then, STOP THE WAR!”
Meanwhile, in Doha it’s business as usual, after Iran launched a salvo of missiles at the US air base Al Udeid in Qatar on Monday, but no rockets hit their target.
It later emerged that Iran had informed both the US and Qatar of the imminent strike, meaning Qatari air defences were able to shoot down the missiles.
Most people in Doha are returning to work, but with a sense of caution still in the air. The airspace has reopened and flights to and from Qatar have resumed.
After that barrage, citizens and residents of the Gulf state were largely united behind the Qatari government, backing its calls for a return to diplomacy.
