Behind the escalation betwixt Israel and Iran
Israel and Iran some indicated connected Tuesday greeting that they were complying with a ceasefire statement announced by President Trump. But the evident statement — which Iranian officials had yet to formally corroborate they would respect — appeared to falter wrong conscionable a mates hours. The Israeli subject ordered radical into weaponry shelters yet again and said Iran had launched much missiles astatine the country.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said, according to The Associated Press, that Iran had "completely violated" the ceasefire by launching missiles much than 2 hours aft the statement was intended to travel into effect. Katz said helium had ordered the Israeli subject to resume bombing targets successful Tehran.
The Chief of the General Staff for Israel's military, Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir, announced that: "In airy of the terrible usurpation of the ceasefire carried retired by the Iranian regime, we volition respond with force."
First Responders look astatine demolition caused by an Iranian rocket onslaught successful Beersheba, confederate Israel, June 24, 2025.
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Mr. Trump had said connected Truth Social, conscionable aft 1 a.m. ET Tuesday, that a ceasefire helium announced earlier betwixt the arch rivals, "IS NOW IN EFFECT. PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT!"
In a statement, the Israeli authorities said that, "in airy of achieving the objectives of the operation, and successful afloat coordination with President Trump, Israel has agreed to the president's connection for a bilateral ceasefire. Israel volition respond forcefully to immoderate usurpation of the ceasefire."
At astir the aforesaid time, Iran's state-run media said the state had besides started to abide by the ceasefire, pursuing a "parting changeable with aggregate rounds of strikes" connected Israel.
But determination was nary contiguous confirmation by Iranian officials, and Israel's subject said Iranian missiles were inactive being fired astatine the state hours aft the woody should person taken effect.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi indicated earlier that Iran would respect the ceasefire, but lone if Israel did the same.
"There is NO 'agreement' connected immoderate ceasefire oregon cessation of subject operations," Araghchi wrote successful a station connected X. "However, provided that the Israeli authorities stops its amerciable aggression against the Iranian radical nary aboriginal than 4 a.m. Tehran clip [8:30 p.m. Eastern], we person nary volition to proceed our effect afterwards."
He said a "final determination connected the cessation of our subject operations volition beryllium made later."
The Israel Defense Forces reported a series of rocket barrages launched by Iran some earlier and aft Mr. Trump's midnight deadline for Iran to halt its strikes - and aft Iranian media said the state had fired its "parting shot."
Israeli archetypal responders said 1 Iranian rocket deed the confederate metropolis of Beersheba, sidesplitting 5 radical and wounding astir 20 others. Later, astatine astir 3:30 a.m. Eastern Time, sirens blared successful bluish Israel and the Israeli subject said it had "identified missiles launched from Iran."
"Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat," the IDF said.
How the ceasefire woody announced by Trump took shape
Mr. Trump said Monday nighttime that Israel and Iran had agreed to a "Complete and Total CEASEFIRE," a determination helium said would extremity the 12-day struggle betwixt the 2 countries.
The ceasefire would instrumentality clasp successful stages, the president said. A White House authoritative told CBS News that Iran would halt strikes against Israel from midnight Eastern Time, and Israel was to halt striking Iran 12 hours aft that, from noon ET connected Tuesday. Another 12 hours aft that, oregon astatine midnight ET connected Wednesday morning, the warfare would beryllium considered over.
In different Truth Social station aboriginal Monday night, pursuing the Iranian overseas minister's comments, Mr. Trump wrote, successful part, that Israel and Iran "came to me, astir simultaneously, and said, 'PEACE!' I knew the clip was NOW."
Mr. Trump communicated straight with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, portion respective different medication officials — Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff — communicated with Iran done nonstop and indirect channels, the White House authoritative said.
Qatar helped broker the deal, different White House authoritative said. Mr. Trump had asked the Qatari Emir to get Iran to hold to a ceasefire. Vance coordinated with the Qatari premier curate connected details, and Iran agreed to the ceasefire aft speaking to the premier minister. The authoritative said the nonstop talks with Iran occurred aft Iran's onslaught connected Al Udeid Air Base.
At slightest 1,000 radical killed successful 12 days of Israel-Iran strikes
The struggle betwixt Israel and Iran began June 13, erstwhile Israel launched its archetypal strikes against Iranian atomic and subject targets. The strikes — which killed respective apical Iranian subject officials — prompted Iranian counterattacks connected Israel.
As of Tuesday, astatine slightest 974 radical person been killed, including astatine slightest 387 civilians and 268 Iranian subject personnel, successful Israel's strikes connected Iran, the Washington-based radical Human Rights Activists successful Iran said successful a statement. The radical relies connected a web of contacts wrong Iran for its information.
Iranian authorities person not provided casualty figures since not agelong aft the Israeli strikes began.
Iran's rocket attacks person killed astatine slightest 29 radical successful Israel since June 13, according to Israeli officials.
The U.S. took subject action against Iran implicit the weekend, striking 3 sites that are believed to beryllium cardinal to Iran's atomic program. The determination sparked fears of a wider war, but Iran's effect connected Monday was reasonably limited. Iran fired much than a twelve missiles astatine a U.S. basal successful Qatar, astir of which were intercepted, and nary injuries were reported, U.S. and Qatari officials said.
Iran called its effect "devastating and powerful," but Mr. Trump called it "very weak." The president said successful different societal media station that helium wanted "to convey Iran for giving america aboriginal notice, which made it imaginable for nary lives to beryllium lost."
Tucker Reals is CBSNews.com's overseas editor, based successful the CBS News London bureau. He has worked for CBS News since 2006, anterior to which helium worked for The Associated Press successful Washington, D.C., and London.
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