

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the ceasefire between Iran and Israel remained “in effect” after the two country exchanged missile fire just before and after the truce was to take effect.
In an extraordinary tirade in front of the media, the president expressed deep frustration with both sides—but mostly Israel— for violating the agreement he brokered.
“These guys need to calm down!” Trump said. “This is ridiculous.”
Venting further, Trump fretted that after the deal was finalized, Israel “came out and dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I’ve never seen before.”
The president stressed that Israel’s bombing campaign was “the biggest load that we’ve seen,” and added “I’m not happy with Israel.”
“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f-ck they’re doing,” Trump quipped before stepping onto the presidential helicopter heading to the Nato summit in the Netherlands.
Later, Trump posted on Truth Social that the deal was still in effect.
“ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly “Plane Wave” to Iran,” Trump posted. “Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect! Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.”
Israel later admitted to launching missiles at Iranian targets ahead of the truce, but accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace past the deadline.
“The ceasefire was set for 07:00 this morning. At 03:00, Israel forcefully attacked in the heart of Tehran, struck regime targets and eliminated hundreds of Basij and Iranian security forces personnel,” the Prime Minister’s Office stated in a press release.
Shortly before the ceasefire was due to take effect, Iran launched a barrage of missiles, one of which took the lives of four of our citizens in Be’er Sheva. The ceasefire took effect at 07:00.
At 07:06, Iran launched one missile at Israeli territory, and two additional missiles at 10:25. These missiles were either intercepted or fell in open areas, and caused neither casualties nor damage.
In response to Iran’s violations, the Air Force destroyed a radar installation near Tehran.
Pursuant to the conversation between President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel has refrained from additional attacks.
In the conversation, President Trump expressed his great appreciation for Israel, which achieved all of its objectives for the war, as well as his confidence in the stability of the ceasefire.
The Iranian military denied firing missiles into Israel past the deadline.
According to Israel’s emergency services, 28 people in Israel were killed during the 12-day war with Iran. A Human Rights Activist group claims at least 974 people in Iran have been killed, the Associated Press reported.