Middle East crisis Israel vs Iran

Trump: Israel and Iran to begin a total ceasefire

Israel and Iran have agreed to begin a total ceasefire, according to Donald Trump.

“Congratulations to everyone!” writes the president on Truth Social.

According to Trump, Iran will begin the ceasefire at 6 a.m. Swedish time, after both countries “complete their final missions”.

Twelve hours later, Israel will also begin a ceasefire, and another twelve hours later, “an official end to the twelve-day war” will be declared.

Israel and Iran have not confirmed the information. Late Monday night, reports of explosions in Iran came after Israel called for evacuations.

Trump’s announcement comes hours after Iran fired missiles at the US Al Udeid air base in Qatar. The missiles were shot down by air defenses and no one was injured.

Afterwards, Trump thanked Iran for warning in advance of the attack, which he called “weak”. 

Sources: Israel wants to end its offensive against Iran in the coming days

Israel wants to end its offensive against Iran soon, both Israeli and Arab government sources told the Wall Street Journal.

The Israeli sources state that the country's defense forces estimate that the objectives of the offensive will be achieved within a few days. At the same time, they emphasize that the situation is dynamic and that much depends on how Iran acts.

The information is in line with the messages from both the White House and Israel. Several American ministers have said that they are not planning any new attacks on Iran and Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday evening that they are not looking to start a war of attrition with Iran.

According to the WSJ's information, Iran is considered to be so weakened that they are forced to the negotiating table. Israel used a similar technique during its offensive against the Iranian-backed militia group Hezbollah last year.