Associated Press
Israel and Iran on Tuesday accepted a ceasefire plan proposed by President Donald Trump to end their 12-day war that roiled the Middle East, after Tehran launched a limited, retaliatory missile attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar.
The acceptance of the deal by both sides came after Iran launched a final onslaught of missiles targeting Israel that killed at least four people early Tuesday morning, while Israel launched a blitz of airstrikes targeting sites across the Islamic Republic before dawn.
However, Israel’s military said it had detected another Iranian barrage hours after the start of the ceasefire, showing how dangerous the situation remained. Sirens sounded in northern Israel and explosions could be heard as Israeli air defenses fired.
Iran’s military has denied that it fired missiles at Israel hours after the ceasefire began, Iranian state television reported.
The report cited the general staff of Iran’s armed forces, which includes its regular military and its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
Israel reported missile fire some two and a half hours after the ceasefire began. Israeli officials have ordered a strike on Iran in response, though there’s no immediate report of an attack there.
Trump says both Israel and Iran violated ceasefire terms with attacks following an early Tuesday deadline to cease hostilities.
Trump made the comments to reporters at the White House before departing for the NATO summit at The Hague. He expressed disappointment about the continued attacks.
“They violated it but Israel violated it too,” Trump said. He added, ”I’m not happy with Israel.”
A military plane evacuating 101 French nationals from Israel to Cyprus took off from Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday, French authorities said.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said similar evacuation flights will follow.
Priority is given to those with medical and humanitarian issues, the foreign ministry said in a statement. Those who can travel on their own can still cross to Jordan and Egypt to take commercial flights, it said.
A deputy governor in Iran’s northern Gilan province along the Caspian Sea said an Israeli strike before the ceasefire killed nine civilians, state media reported.
Iran says it transferred all inmates out of its notorious Evin prison after an Israeli strike targeted the facility on Monday.
Iran’s Prisons Organization said all the inmates had been moved to other prisons around the capital, Tehran. It said the move was necessary for workers to repair damage there.
Evin prison is known for holding both political prisoners and those with Western ties for negotiations with the wider world. It also has a specialized unit overseen by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard.
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Republished with permission of The Associated Press.
8 comments
American
June 24, 2025 at 7:10 am
Look at that AP headline. This activist organization wants this cease fire to fail. Thank God Trump did not brief congress on his highly successful military plan. There are members in that house that would have leaked the plan in an attempt to have it fail, most likely putting our USAF pilots in harms way. They don’t care. They despise Trump and would do anything to make him look bad. Congratulations once again to Trump and the mighty USAF for a job well done.
Larry Gillis, Director-at-Large, Libertarian Party of Florida
June 24, 2025 at 10:23 am
He violated the War Powers Act, by failing to consult. Also, a Declaration of War is for Congress to decide, not Him alone.
There was attempted retaliation against our base in Qatar. Where else will there be attempts at retaliation?
Dan Caine
June 24, 2025 at 11:44 am
Did Clinton, Obama, Biden consult or just take out targets? You must have TDS. Do you think it would be wise to consult congress on a mission like this when there are certainly members that would leak information to people hoping that it would be Trump’s Jimmy Carter or Joe Biden’s Middle East debacle? Come on. Think man.
MAGA PATRIOT
June 24, 2025 at 7:10 am
America needs to apply Florida’s annual python hunt procedures to eliminating the Mulla’s Sleeper Cells and Lone Wolves which Biden and Obama let into the USA.
MAGA
Paul Passarelli
June 24, 2025 at 8:05 am
If the AP is labeling it “Trump’s ceasefire”, the we can be certain that Democrats and the Mainstream Media are taking steps to undermine it.
American
June 24, 2025 at 8:09 am
What would the Demos and Activist media be saying right now if Biden was the one that called for that plan of attack? Such hypocrites.
Bill
June 24, 2025 at 8:31 am
Biden probably wouldn’t have planned an attack. He knows Israel has been playing this game for 30 years but we’re in it now whether it makes sense or not.
ScienceBLVR
June 24, 2025 at 8:30 am
Who needs Camp David Accords when you’ve got a primo deal maker like the Trumpster, right? 12 Day War, 13 Day War, 50 Year War.. just drop a couple of big ole bombs and voila! I can smell that Nobel Peace Prize wafting its way to Donnie right now!