Trump ceasefire plan falters as Israel says Iran launched more missiles and pledges response

BEERSHEBA Israel AP A tentative truce proposed by President Donald Trump faltered as Israel stated Iran had launched missiles into its airspace less than three hours after a ceasefire went into effect and vowed to retaliate Explosions boomed and sirens sounded across northern Israel midmorning on Tuesday after both Israel and Iran on Tuesday accepted the ceasefire plan to end what Trump hoped to call the -day war roiling the Middle East Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz called the missiles a violation of the ceasefire and instructed Israel s military to resume the intense operations to attack Tehran and to destroy targets of the regime and terror infrastructure The shaky agreement was broadcasted early Tuesday morning after Tehran launched a retaliatory limited missile attack on a U S military base in Qatar on Monday Between Trump s post and the start of the ceasefire Israel launched a blitz of airstrikes targeting sites across Iran before dawn and Iran replied with an onslaught of missiles that killed at least four people in Israel early Tuesday morning Israel stated it had intercepted the midmorning barrage of missiles that came hours into the truce Tehran will tremble Israel s Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich wrote on X after the missiles were launched Netanyahu accepts ceasefire as Iranian state TV says fighting has stopped The midmorning barrage of missiles came after regional leaders including in Saudi Arabia and Egypt welcomed Trump s announcement of the ceasefire THE CEASEFIRE IS NOW IN EFFECT PLEASE DO NOT VIOLATE IT DONALD J TRUMP PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES he wrote on his social media platform Tuesday morning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel had agreed to a bilateral ceasefire with Iran in coordination with Trump pledging to respond to any subsequent violation He commented he had communicated Israel s defense cabinet that the country had achieved all of its war goals including removing the threat of Iran s nuclear and ballistic missile programs Israel also damaged Iran s military leadership and several administration sites and achieved control over Tehran s skies Netanyahu commented Iranian functionaries did not comment either after Trump declared the ceasefire or Israel claimed it had intercepted additional missiles hours after it supposedly went into effect Hours earlier Iran s top diplomat had announced the country was prepared to halt airstrikes As of now there is NO agreement on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote in a post on X However provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than am Tehran time we have no intention to continue our response afterwards Araghchi added The final decision on the cessation of our military operations will be made later Iranian missiles kill in Israel as hostilities expand The shaky ceasefire came followed a day of hostilities spreading further across the region Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U S military base in Qatar retaliating for earlier American bombing of its nuclear sites The U S was warned by Iran in advance and there were no casualties Israel s military disclosed Iran launched missiles toward Israel before the ceasefire began on Tuesday morning Police revealed they damaged at least three densely packed residential buildings in the city of Beersheba First responders mentioned they retrieved four bodies from one building and were searching for more Earlier the Fire and Rescue utility declared five were bodies were uncovered before revising the number downward At least people were injured Outside the shells of burned out cars littered the streets Broken glass and rubble covered the area Hundreds of crisis workers gathered to search for anyone else trapped in the buildings Police stated specific people were injured even while inside their apartments reinforced safe rooms which are meant to withstand rockets and shrapnel but not direct hits from ballistic missiles Bases hit in Iraq Drones attacked military bases in Iraq overnight including chosen housing U S troops the Iraqi army and a US military official declared Tuesday No casualties were informed and no group claimed responsibility for the attacks in Iraq Specific Iran-backed Iraqi militias had previously threatened to target U S bases if the U S attacked Iran Iraqi army spokesperson Sabah Al-Naaman in a comment called the attacks a treacherous and cowardly act of aggression and noted they had damaged radar systems at Camp Taji north of Baghdad and at Imam Ali Base in Dhi Qar province Iraqi forces shot down drones at other locations he commented A senior U S military official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly declared U S forces had shot down drones attacking Ain al-Assad in the desert in western Iraq and at a base next to the Baghdad airport while another one crashed Trump says ceasefire is in effect Trump promised last night s ceasefire would bring an official end to what he at the time coined the Day War ahead of Israel s promise to resume operations on Tuesday Trump had communicated directly with Netanyahu to secure the ceasefire according to a senior White House official who insisted on anonymity to discuss the Monday talks Vance Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special envoy Steve Witkoff communicated with the Iranians through direct and indirect channels The White House has maintained that the Saturday bombing helped get the Israelis to agree to the ceasefire and that the Qatari ruling body helped to broker the deal It s unclear what role Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran s leader played in the talks He reported earlier on social media that he would not surrender Attacks force temporary closure of Israel s skies Israel s Airports Authority disclosed Iran s barrage forced them to close the country s airspace to urgency flights for several hours Selected flights were forced to circle over the Mediterranean Sea according to Israeli media Israel s airports have been closed since the war with Iran began but a handful of emergency flights started arriving and departing over the past scarce days By early Tuesday Qatar Airways resumed its flights after Qatar shut down its airspace over the Iranian attack on Al Udeid Air Base Flight-tracking figures established commercial aircraft again flying in Qatari airspace signaling Doha thought the threat on the energy-rich nation had passed Conflict has killed hundreds In Israel at least people have been killed and more than wounded in the war Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least people and wounded others according to the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists The group which has provided detailed casualty figures from Iranian unrest such as the protests surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini in noted of those killed it identified civilians and prevention force personnel The U S has evacuated particular American citizens and their immediate family members from Israel by executive military and charter flights that began over the weekend a State Department official explained There are roughly American citizens bulk of them dual U S -Israeli citizens presumed to be in Israel