An unstable ceasefire began to settle between Israel and Iran on Tuesday, under pressure from US President Donald Trump, increasing the hopes of an end to the largest military confrontation in history among the Archi-Aens of the Middle East.
Trump scolded both sides for initial violations of the truce he announced, but directed criticism especially of the ally near Washington, Israel, about the scale of his attacks, telling him to “calm down.”
He later said that Israel canceled other attacks under his command to preserve the agreement that ended a 12 -day air war with Iran.
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Both Iran and Israel sent signs that the conflict had ended, at least for now.
Iranian president, Masoud Pezeshkian, greeted a “big victory” in a war that, according to him, Iran had successfully ended, according to Iranian media.
Iran’s official news agency, Irna, reported earlier that Pezeshkian said during a telephone call with Saudi Heir Prince Mohammed Bin Salman that Iran was ready to solve differences with the US based on international structures.
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The military of Israel, in turn, said that all regions of the country had passed to the level of total activity, without restrictions, from 20h (local time). His airport authority reported that Ben Gurion airport was reopened.
Israel’s Armed Forces Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, said the military was in the “conclusion of a significant chapter, but the campaign against Iran is not over yet,” although he added that the military was again focusing on his war against Hamas in Gaza.
If the truce between Israel and Iran can be maintained, it is an important issue. Signaling a difficult path ahead, Israel and Iran took hours to recognize that they had accepted the ceasefire Trump said he brokered.
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Still, oil prices fell and stock markets recovered around the world, in a confidence sign of the ceasefire pact, which was considered as meaning that there would be no threat of interruption of Gulf’s critical oil supplies.
Ceasefire violations?
Iran and Israel accused each other on Tuesday of violation of the truce.
Trump, on his way to a NATO summit meeting in Europe, admonished Israel, an ally whose air war he had joined two days earlier, launching huge bombs against Iran’s underground nuclear facilities.
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“All aircraft will turn around and return home… No one will be injured, the ceasefire is in force!” Said Trump in a post on the Social Truth.
This followed a publication in which he had said, “Israel. Don’t throw these bombs. If you do it, it will be a serious violation. Bring your riders back home now!”
Before leaving the White House, Trump told reporters that he was dissatisfied with both sides for violating the ceasefire, but particularly frustrated with Israel, who said he had “discharged” shortly after agreeing with the deal.
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“I have to get Israel calm now,” Trump said. Iran and Israel had been struggling “so long ago and so hard they don’t know that fucking are doing.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office acknowledged that Israel had bombarded a radar place near Tehran, in which it said it was a retaliation of the Iranian missiles fired three and a half hours after the ceasefire began.
Israel decided to refrain from new attacks after a connection between Netanyahu and Trump, but did not explicitly said whether the attack on the radar site occurred before or after the conversation.
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The Islamic Republic denied the release of missiles and said that Israel’s attacks continued for an hour and a half beyond the scheduled time for the will.
Pezeshkian later said that Tehran would not violate the ceasefire unless Israel did, and was prepared to return to the negotiating table without detail, according to Nournews state agency.
A sense of relief
In both countries, there was a palpable sense of relief that a way to get out of the war was set, 12 days after Israel began with a surprise attack and two days after Trump joined her with attacks on Iranian nuclear targets.
“We are happy, very happy. Who has measured or as it did not matter. The war is over. She should never have begun,” said Reza Sharifi, 38, returning from Rasht, the Caspian Sea, to Tehran, where he had gone with his family to escape the air attacks.
Arik Daimant, a software engineer in Tel Aviv, said, “Unfortunately, it’s a little too late for me and my family, because our house here was totally destroyed by recent bombings last Sunday. But as they say, ‘Better late than never’, and I hope this ceasefire will be a new beginning.”
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One to NATO’s summit, Trump said he didn’t want Iran’s government system to be knocked down.
“I don’t want that. I would like to see everything calm down as soon as possible. The change of regime generates chaos and, ideally, we don’t want to see so much chaos,” he said.
“Iran will not have a nuclear weapon, by the way, I think this is the last thing they have in mind at the moment.”
In the hours preceding the entry into force of the truce, four people – one of them an out -of -service Israeli soldier – were killed by Iranian missiles who hit a residential building in Beersheba, southern Israel, according to the Israeli ambulance service.
Iranian authorities said nine people were killed for an attack on a residential building in northern Iran.
Nuclear targets
Israel launched the surprise air war on June 13, reaching Iranian nuclear facilities where, according to him, Iran was trying to develop an atomic bomb and killing the main military commanders in the worst scam against the Islamic Republic since the war with Iraq in the 1980s.
Iran states that its uranium enrichment program is for peaceful purposes and denies being trying to build nuclear weapons.
Iranian authorities said hundreds of people were killed in Israel’s air attacks. Complete information on the extent of damage to nuclear and economic infrastructure could not be confirmed independently, as the media is rigidly controlled in Iran.
The retaliatory attacks of missiles killed 28 people in Israel, the first time a large number of Iranian missiles penetrated their air defenses.
A senior White House authority said Trump brokered the ceasefire agreement with Netanyahu and that other government officials were in contact with the Iranians. Qatar Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman Al Thani secured Tehran’s agreement during a connection with Iranian authorities, an informed official said about Reuters negotiations on Tuesday.
