President Donald Trump has expressed unhappiness over Iran and Israel's ceasefire agreement breach. Image: Kamil Krzaczynski / AFP.
(The Post News)– The Iran-Israel ceasefire came under immediate strain on Tuesday as U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticised both Iran and Israel for violating the fragile truce.
President Trump, who brokered the Iran-Israel ceasefire and took credit for its implementation, expressed strong frustration, especially with Israel’s post-agreement airstrikes.
Speaking to reporters before leaving for the NATO summit in The Hague, President Trump said that he has to get Israel to “calm down” after Israeli forces reportedly launched strikes on Iranian targets until around 5:30 a.m. UK time just before the ceasefire was set to begin.
“As soon as we made the deal, they came out and dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I’ve never seen before,” Trump told the press. “We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fk they’re doing.”
The Iran-Israel ceasefire, declared by President Trump, was designed as a two-phase truce. Under the plan, Iran would stop military operations first, followed 12 hours later by Israel. However, within hours, both countries were accusing each other of violating the agreement.
Israel alleged that Iran fired a rocket after the ceasefire took effect. Iran’s military denied the accusation and insisted that all its attacks were completed before the truce deadline. Conflicting reports have added to the confusion surrounding the ceasefire’s effectiveness.
On his Truth Social platform, President Trump posted a direct warning: “ISRAEL IS NOT GOING TO ATTACK IRAN. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW! NOBODY WILL BE HURT. THE CEASEFIRE IS IN EFFECT!”
The Iran-Israel ceasefire was intended to end 12 days of escalating violence, which included U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and retaliatory missile launches by Iran. On Monday, Iran attempted a missile strike on a U.S. base in Qatar, though the missiles failed to reach their targets.
At the NATO summit, UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer refrained from commenting directly on Trump’s outburst but emphasised the need for de-escalation: “We need to get back to that ceasefire, which is consistent with what I’ve been saying about de-escalation for quite some time now.”
According to reports from Iran’s IRGC-affiliated Tasnim news agency, the Revolutionary Guards launched their final wave of attacks on Israel minutes before the ceasefire went into effect. One of the missiles struck a residential area in Beer Sheba, killing four people, including children.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog, visiting the scene, praised Trump’s stance: “President Trump’s decision to annihilate the Iranian nuclear program has created a new dynamic. I hope this ceasefire brings real hope for peace in the region.”
Whether the Iran-Israel ceasefire will hold remains uncertain. But President Trump has made it clear: violations will not be tolerated, and both sides must step back from the brink.
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