Deadline Trump announced for Iran to begin ceasing fire against Israel passes

DUBAI United Arab Emirates AP Iranian state television revealed Tuesday that a ceasefire had begun in its war with Israel even as Israel warned the general of a new missile barrage launched from Iran It wasn t directly workable to reconcile the messages from Iran and Israel on the th day of their war Iranian state television broadcasted the ceasefire in a graphic on screen not forthwith acknowledging the new missile barrage coming after the deadline set by President Donald Trump in his earlier ceasefire announcement A series of Iranian barrages before the ceasefire deadline killed three people and injured at least eight others in Israel rescuers commented THIS IS A LATEST NEWS UPDATE AP s earlier story follows below DUBAI United Arab Emirates AP A deadline publicized by U S President Donald Trump for Iran to begin ceasing fire in its war with Israel was reached early Tuesday after the Islamic Republic fired multiple missile barrages At least three people were killed in the early morning barrages but there was no immediate word of further attacks Israel s Magen David Adom rescue services explained at least eight more people were injured in the early morning barrage At least one person is concluded trapped in the rubble and a residential building in Israel s south sustained heavy damage according to crisis services Waves of missiles sent Israelis to bomb shelters for almost two hours in the morning Trump s announcement that Israel and Iran had agreed to a complete and total ceasefire came soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U S military base in Qatar retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites Israel so far has not acknowledged the Trump ceasefire announcement Iran s foreign minister explained that as long as Israel stopped its attacks by a m local Tehran time Tuesday Iran would halt its own But nearly an hour after that deadline Israel s military warned its community that Iran had launched missiles towards it as sirens sounded At least one missile interception could be seen over the skies of Jerusalem and warnings of three further attacks followed as day broke It s unclear what the detected missile launches would do for the ceasefire s timeline Trump s announcement on Truth Social declared the ceasefire wouldn t begin until about midnight Tuesday Eastern time He reported it would bring an Official END to the war Israel doesn t confirm ceasefire but appears to pause strikes Israel did not right away acknowledge any ceasefire but there were no reports of Israeli strikes in Iran after a m local Heavy Israeli strikes continued in Tehran and other cities until shortly before that time Israel in other conflicts has stepped up its strikes just before ceasefires took effect 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 His message was posted at a m Tehran time Araghchi added The final decision on the cessation of our military operations will be made later The Israeli military declined to comment on Trump s ceasefire declaration and the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not right now respond to a message seeking comment Trump describes conflict as Day War Trump gave the conflict between Israel and Iran a name the Day War That recalls the Mideast war known by certain as the Six Day War in which Israel fought a group of Arab countries including Egypt Jordan and Syria Trump s reference carries emotional weight for the Arab world particularly Palestinians In the war Israel captured the West Bank and east Jerusalem from Jordan the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt and the Golan Heights from Syria Though Israel later gave the Sinai back to Egypt it still holds the other territories Trump communicated directly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin 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 governing body helped to broker the deal It s unclear what role Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Iran s leader played in the talks He commented earlier on social media that he would not surrender Iran attack against US implied willingness to de-escalate Iran attacked a U S base in Qatar on Monday but appeared to indicate it was prepared to reduce tensions The U S was warned by Iran in advance and there were no casualties stated Trump who dismissed the attack as a very weak response Qatar condemned the attack on Al Udeid Air Base as a flagrant violation of its sovereignty airspace and international law Qatar explained it intercepted all but one missile though it was not clear if that missile caused any damage Iran reported the volley matched the number of bombs dropped by the United States on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend Iran also declared it targeted the base because it was outside of populated areas Qatar Maj Gen Shayeq Al Hajri disclosed missiles were fired at the base that is home to the Combined Air Operations Center which provides command and control of air power across the region as well as the th Air Expeditionary Wing the largest such wing in the world Trump stated missiles were fired were knocked down and one was set free because it posed no threat Iran declared the attack on state television with a caption calling it a mighty and triumphant response to America s aggression Earlier reports that a missile was launched at a base housing American forces in Iraq were a false alarm a senior U S military official reported The official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly noted debris from a malfunctioning Iranian missile targeting Israel had triggered an alert of an impending attack on the Ain al-Assad base 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 statistics presented commercial aircraft again flying in Qatari airspace signaling Doha concluded the threat on the energy-rich nation had passed Israel and Iran deal attacks Israel and Iran traded barrages early Tuesday morning Iran struck Israel with missiles and drones while Israel announced it attacked regime targets and executive repression bodies in the heart of Tehran In Tehran Israel hit the headquarters of the military force that suppressed new protests and blew open a gate at Evin prison which is known for holding political activists Iranian state television aired footage it explained was shot inside Evin with prisoners under control However the Washington-based Abdorrahman Boroumand Center for Human Rights in Iran disclosed multiple families of detainees have expressed deep concern about the safety and condition of their loved ones in the prison The Israeli military also verified it struck roads around Iran s Fordo enrichment facility to obstruct access to the site The underground site was one of those hit in Sunday s attack by the United States The Israeli military did not elaborate In Vienna the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog disclosed he expected there to be heavy damage at the Fordo facility following Sunday s U S airstrike there with sophisticated bunker-buster bombs Several Iranian personnel including Atomic Vigor Organization of Iran spokesman Behrouz Kamalvandi have claimed Iran removed nuclear material from targeted sites ahead of time Trump floats regime change Israeli officers insisted they did not seek the overthrow of Iran s establishment their archenemy since the country s Islamic Revolution But the latest strikes unfolded only hours after Trump himself mentioned the possibility of regime change a day after inserting America into the war with its stealth-bomber strike on three Iranian nuclear sites If the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN why wouldn t there be a Regime change he appealed on his Truth Social website White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later described Trump as exclusively raising a question Before the news of a ceasefire an Israeli official speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss high-level internal deliberations reported Israel aimed to wind down the war in the coming days but that it would depend on the Iranians Israel s preferred outcome is for Iran to agree to a ceasefire and reenter negotiations with the U S over its nuclear plan the official reported But Israel is prepared for the possibility of an extended low-intensity war of attrition or period of quiet for quiet in which it would closely monitor Iran s pursuits and strike if it identifies new threats 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 reported of those killed it identified civilians and protection force personnel The U S has evacuated selected American citizens and their immediate family members from Israel by authorities military and charter flights that began over the weekend a State Department official explained There are roughly American citizens majority of them dual U S -Israeli citizens deduced to be in Israel