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(NewsNation) — The ceasefire betwixt Iran and Israel, brokered and announced by President Donald Trump, has surpassed the 24-hour mark.
The statement astatine archetypal appeared to falter. On Tuesday, Israel claimed Iran violated the woody with airstrikes and vowed to retaliate — causing Trump to lash out astatine some countries and request Israel refrain from violence.
Trump, speaking extracurricular the White House connected Tuesday earlier departing for the NATO summit, said some Israel and Iran had violated the ceasefire agreement.
“We fundamentally person 2 countries that person been warring truthful agelong and truthful hard that they don’t cognize what the f— they are doing, you recognize that?” he told reporters.
Trump aboriginal clarified that, contempt their actions, the ceasefire was precise overmuch "in effect."
US intel contradicts Trump's Iran harm claims
Trump brought a consciousness of triumph with him to the NATO acme successful the Netherlands, wherever helium boasted astir the effectiveness of U.S. strikes connected Iran past weekend.
"We're really getting on with them precise good close now. But had we not succeeded with that hit? That deed ended the war. That deed ended the war," Trump said.
When asked whether helium would onslaught again if Iran were to onslaught again, Trump said: "I'm not going to person to interest astir that. It's gone for years."
An aboriginal report from the Defense Intelligence Agency said the American strikes acceptable backmost Iran's atomic programme by lone a fewer months.
The report, described to the Associated Press by 2 radical acquainted with it, contradicted statements from Trump, who has said the Iranian atomic programme was “completely and afloat obliterated."
In Israel, astatine slightest 28 radical person reportedly been killed and much than 1,000 wounded successful the war. Israeli strikes connected Iran person killed astatine slightest 974 radical and wounded 3,458 others, according to the Washington-based radical Human Rights Activists.
Israel's absorption returns to Gaza
NewsNation crews successful Tel Aviv said during the 2nd time of the Iran-Israel ceasefire, the absorption has returned to the violence successful Gaza.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu connected Tuesday told the nation determination is much enactment to beryllium done.
"Despite our tremendous achievements, we are not riding the waves of euphoria. We are neither overconfident nor complacent — the other successful fact. We person nary volition of taking our ft disconnected the pedal," Netanyahu said.
"We indispensable implicit the run against the Iranian axis, decision Hamas and bring astir the merchandise of each our hostages, some the surviving and the deceased," helium added.
Qatar said it aims to statesman talks connected Gaza sometime this week.
NewsNation's Anna Kutz and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
