Israel agrees to ceasefire with Iran after Trump announcement

"Congratulations to everyone."

Last night, Donald Trump claimed that a 'total ceasefire' had been agreed between Iran and Israel in a post on Truth Social.

Taking to the social media site, Trump wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!

"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. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL.

"On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I 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'.

"This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn’t, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!"

At that time there was no confirmation from either side over the ceasefire leading many to question if Trump had jumped the gun.

However, Israel have just confirmed this morning that the they have accepted the ceasefire with Iran.

In a statement, it said: "Israel will respond forcefully to any violation of the ceasefire."

The Israeli government says it agreed to Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal after "achieving the objectives" of its attacks on Iran.

It added that the "immediate existential threat" of Iran's nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles has been removed.

Furthermore, it claims Israel's military "severely struck government targets in the heart of Tehran" during the last 24 hours, as well as "eliminating another senior nuclear scientist".

"In addition, the IDF has achieved full air control over Tehran's skies, inflicted severe damage on the military leadership, and destroyed dozens of central Iranian government targets," the statement adds.

Meanwhile, Iran said in the early hours of the morning (02:00 BST) that it would only stop fighting if Israel stopped attacking.

Iran's foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, wrote on X: "As Iran has repeatedly made clear: Israel launched war on Iran, not the other way around.

"As of now, there is NO "agreement" on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations. However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 am Tehran time, we have no intention to continue our response afterwards.

"The final decision on the cessation of our military operations will be made later."

Yesterday evening, Iran launched an air strike on US bases in Qatar in retaliation to the US attacking nuclear sites over the weekend.

America directly involved themselves in the war in the Middle East between Saturday night and Sunday morning when they launched an air strike on Iran.

Iran warned of "everlasting consequences" in the aftermath and now they have launched an air strike on US military bases in Qatar.

The attack was first pre-empted by Qatar closing their airspace and then reports of "credible" threat of an Iranian airstrike on US bases.