Trump: The truce went into effect, don't step on it

US President Donald Trump has said Tuesday morning that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran is now in effect and has urged both countries not to step on it.

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When he announced after midnight a full ceasefire to end a war, as he called it, the 12-day Trump implied that Israel and Iran would have time to complete the missions that were under way, after which the ceasefire would come into effect.

Witnesses said that they heard explosions near Tel Aviv and Beer - sheba in southern Israel before the truce entered into force, following through. Periscope.

The Israeli Army said six waves of rockets were launched by Iran and Israel's national ambulance service said four people were killed in Beersheba, the first reported victims in Israel since Trump's ceasefire was declared.

The semi-official news agency in Iran, SNN, reported Tuesday morning that Tehran released the latest wave of missiles before the ceasefire took effect.

A senior White House official said Trump has brokered a ceasefire agreement during a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and that Israel has agreed as long as Iran does not carry out other attacks.

An Iranian official confirmed earlier that Tehran has agreed to a ceasefire, but Iran's Foreign Minister said his country would not stop the attacks unless Israel does the same.

Abbas Aracchi said early Tuesday that if Israel stops its illegal <x0-areagonism” against the Iranian people not later than at 4am with Tehran clock Tuesday, Iran has no intention of continuing in military response afterwards.

The military operations of our powerful Armed Forces to punish Israel for its aggression continued until the last minute, at 4: 00 a.m. Along with all Iranians, I thank our brave Armed Forces, who remain ready to defend our beloved country until the last point of their blood and who responded to any enemy attack until the last minute”, Aracchi wrote on X.

Iran denies that there has ever been a nuclear weapons programme, but the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has said that, if he wanted one, world leaders “could not stop us”.

Israel, which is not a party to the International Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Arms, is the only country in the Middle East believed to have nuclear weapons. Israel neither accepts nor denies it.

Qatar Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani secured Tehran's agreement during a call with Iranian officials, an informed official told Reuters on Tuesday about the negotiations.

At the same time, US Vice President JD Vance, State Secretary Marco Rubio and US special envoy Steve Whitoff were in direct and indirect contact with Iranians, said a White House official.

Hours earlier, three Israelite officials had signalled that Israel was seeking to complete its campaign in Iran soon and had conveyed this message to the United States.

The truce comes after the US hit Iran's nuclear power plants, and Tehran responded by attacking the American air base in Qatar.

The Middle East situation is tense by Israel's surprise attack on Iran's nuclear and military centres on 13 June.

Israel insists that Iran There can't be nuclear weapons because it risks its existence. Tehran claims that the nuclear program is meant only for peaceful purposes.

Iran has retaliated with missile attacks in Israel, and in exchange for the missiles have been killed and wounded by residents of both states. /Radio Europe Free/