Israel and Iran agreed to a truce and violated it. What the media is writing


US President Donald Trump has announced a truce between Israel and Iran. He did not respond to the Iranian attack on the American base in Qatar, which did not result in casualties. Tel Aviv confirmed the agreement to a cease-fire, but soon accused Tehran of launching two missiles and promised to respond. What the media write about the development of the conflict is in the Izvestia digest.
The Washington Post: Trump announces cease-fire between Israel and Iran
Trump said in a message on social media that Iran and Israel had agreed to a cease-fire. This happened a few hours after Iran fired missiles at the American airbase in Qatar, the attack did not lead to casualties among the military. There was no immediate confirmation from the Israeli Government. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that the Iranian military had stopped its operations.
The Washington Post
In social media posts, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote that the Iranian military had stopped its attempts to "punish" Israel at 4 a.m. local time, but said Israel should do the same. "The final decision on the termination of our military operations will be made later," Araghchi wrote.
Trump's initial statement called for a phased cease-fire, with Iran ending the attacks first and Israel following 12 hours later. In another 12 hours, according to Trump's message, the war will be considered over.
Bloomberg: Israel has agreed to a truce
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that Israel had agreed to a truce and said his country had achieved its military objectives in Iran. The comments came after Tehran fired several waves of rockets at Israel on the morning of June 24. Israel also continued to attack Iran.
Bloomberg
While Israeli officials remained silent overnight, a senior White House official said Trump brokered a cease-fire in a direct conversation with Netanyahu on Monday. Vice President Jay Dee Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Special Representative Steve Witkoff held direct and indirect talks with the Iranians about the proposal, the official said.
Israel agreed to a truce on the condition that Iran would not launch new attacks, and the Iranian government has made it clear that it will comply with these conditions. The truce followed after Tehran sent missiles at an American air base in Qatar. The Islamic Republic warned Qatar and the United States of its actions in advance, which made it possible to avoid casualties.
Times of Israel: Iran violated the ceasefire
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it detected a new ballistic missile launch from Iran an hour after Israel confirmed the cease-fire. Sirens wailed in the north of the country. The civilian population in the areas where the air alert sounded was ordered to take shelter in bomb shelters.
Times of Israel
Defense Minister Yisrael Katz said he had instructed the IDF to "respond decisively to Iran's violation of the ceasefire by launching intense strikes against regime targets in the very center of Tehran." Two ballistic missiles were fired from Iran at Israel after the cease-fire was supposed to take effect. Both were intercepted.
Israeli lawmakers have called for retaliatory actions against Tehran after Iran violated a recently announced cease-fire. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote that "Tehran will shudder," and MP Tali Gotliv said that any violation by Iran would entail an appropriate response.
Axios: Trump proposed a truce immediately after the US attack on Iran
Trump's efforts to end the war began shortly after American B-2 bombers dropped 14 bunker buster bombs that almost completely destroyed Iran's three main nuclear facilities. According to a White House official, the president instructed his envoy Witkoff to inform the Iranians of their desire to negotiate an end to the war. The Iranians refused to cooperate and said that diplomacy would be possible only after they retaliated by hitting targets in the United States.
Axios
However, before launching a missile strike on the Al-Udeid airbase in Qatar, Iran sent messages to the Trump administration — through Qatar — about when and on what targets it intends to strike, a White House official said. Immediately after the strike, the Iranians sent another message through unofficial channels, notifying the White House that they would not carry out any further attacks on US facilities.
The White House responded by saying that the United States would not respond to the Iranian attack and confirmed its readiness to resume negotiations with Iran. On Monday evening, when it became clear that the Iranians were done, Trump called Netanyahu and told him he wanted to end the war. Netanyahu agreed to a cease-fire and said Israel would not launch more strikes until Iran stopped firing missiles.
Reuters: Trump's agreement raises questions
A long list of big questions remains unanswered, not least the question of whether any cease-fire can actually take effect and be respected between two irreconcilable enemies, whose long-standing "shadow" conflict has escalated into an air war marked by 12 days of strikes on each other's territory.
Reuters
Trump's lengthy social media post announcing an imminent "complete and universal cease-fire" remains unknown and does not mention the terms to which both sides have agreed; whether the United States and Iran will resume failed nuclear negotiations; and the fate of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium, which many experts believe, could have survived the bombing of the USA and Israel.
Iran was ready for a cease-fire because it was in an extremely "weakened state," a White House official said. For several days, Israel bombed Iran's nuclear and military facilities, and also carried out targeted assassinations of leading atomic scientists and security service commanders. At the same time, Trump has also publicly speculated in recent days about the prospects for "regime change" in Iran.
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