- President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran have agreed to a cease-fire.
- The cease-fire will go into effect Tuesday morning local time.
- It comes after Israel and Iran spent the past week and a half trading strikes.
Israel and Iran have agreed to a “complete and total” ceasefire that will begin early Tuesday morning local time, President Donald Trump said.
Trump said in a Truth Social post just after 6 pm EST that a 12-hour-long cease-fire will begin in about six hours, once Israel and Iran finish any attacks that are in progress, and that it will lead to an end to their brief war.
Details were limited, but the president wrote that “officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World.”
The Israel-Iran conflict doesn’t officially have a name, but Trump wrote in his social media post that he “would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR.'”
The ceasefire announcement came just days after the US struck Iran’s nuclear program and shortly after the Israeli military said its fighter jets had carried out airstrikes in western Iran, targeting underground military infrastructure.
Israeli officials announced the start of a new operation on June 13 aimed at degrading Iran’s nuclear program and its military capabilities. Since then, Israel has conducted strikes on targets across Iran. Tehran has, in turn, retaliated by launching missiles at Israel.
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