24-6-2025
Israel and Iran Tuesday traded blame after ceasefire deal proposed by US President Donald Trump appeared to have been violated.
The ceasefire came into effect in the early hours of Tuesday, but according to Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz he ordered the army “to respond forcefully” to what he described as a ceasefire violation after incoming Iranian missiles were reported by the military.
Iran however denied launching missiles at Israel after the announcement, and its military later accused Israel of similarly launching attacks after the ceasefire.
But attacks had continued until the ceasefire took effect, with Israeli rescuers reporting four people killed in a strike and state media in the Islamic republic saying waves of missiles were headed toward Israel.
In Iran, state television said an overnight Israeli strike in northern Iran killed nuclear scientist Mohammad Reza Seddighi Saber, who was under U.S. sanctions.
Israel launched strikes against Iran on June 13, hitting nuclear and military sites as well as residential areas, and prompting waves of Iranian missile attacks on Israel.
While Iran and Israel have been in a shadow war against each other for decades, this has been by far the most destructive confrontation between the arch-foes.
Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 610 civilians and wounded more than 4,700 others, according to the health ministry.
Iran’s attacks on Israel have killed 28 people, according to official figures and rescuers.
