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Trump Announces Ceasefire between Israel and Iran

President Donald Trump

…Says ‘now in effect’ as Israel claims violation after Beersheba attack

US President Donald Trump says a ceasefire between Israel and Iran is “now in effect” and tells both countries: “Please do not violate it!”

Trump announced the ceasefire several hours ago, but Israel is yet to officially comment and Iran says it will only stop its attacks if Israel does the same

Meanwhile, Israel says four people were killed in overnight attacks from Iran; state media in Tehran report that “a last round of missiles” was fired before the ceasefire came into effect

Tehran also faced a barrage of attacks overnight, our reporter says; “I feel traumatised,” one resident said

In Iran, state media says the ceasefire was “imposed” on Israel following the “successful” Iran attack on the US base in Qatar on Monday

Iran launched missiles at the US airbase in response to strikes on its nuclear sites on Saturday – Qatar said all the missiles were intercepted

‘We felt shaking of missile hit,’ Beersheba resident tells BBC

Source: BusinessStarndard

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