Jerusalem, Israel – Iran launched missiles at Israel early Tuesday morning after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the two countries, which was later contradicted by the Iranian government.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced three waves of Iranian attacks between 5-6 am local time (02:30 GMT) that left a dozen people injured, including three in critical condition, according to emergency and rescue service Magen David Adom (MDA).
Sirens sounded around Tel Aviv and in the region between Ashdod and the Gaza Strip, in the center and south of the country, and the fire department reported a projectile impact in the city of Beersheba.
The MDA reported that the attack left three people critically injured, one in moderate condition, and five people lightly injured. However, local media outlets such as the Times of Israel and Haaretz reported three fatalities, citing medical sources.
These attacks come after Trump announced Monday afternoon in Washington that Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire that will begin around 04:00 GMT on Tuesday, 7 am in Israel and 7.30 am in Iran.
Shortly afterward, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asserted that no such agreement exists: “As of now, there is NO ‘agreement’ on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations,” Araghchi wrote in a message on X.
“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.”
The message was published just after 4 am, after several Iranian media outlets reported new explosions in areas of Tehran.
In addition, the Iranian foreign minister published a new message in which he asserted that the Islamic Republic’s army carried out operations against Israel “until the very last minute, at 4 am.”
Since Israel began its military attack on Iran on June 13, the two countries have regularly fired drones and missiles at each other that have killed around 450 people in Iran and 24 more in Israel.
Tensions escalated further in the region when the United States bombed three key facilities of Iran’s nuclear program on Saturday and Iran responded on Monday with an attack against US military bases in Qatar and Iraq.
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