US President Donald Trump said that both Israel and Iran violated the ceasefire he announced hours earlier, stressing that he is not satisfied with either country, especially Israel.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday before leaving for a NATO summit in The Hague, Trump said Israel and Iran have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know "what to do."
He considered that Iran's nuclear capabilities have been exhausted and that it will never rebuild its nuclear program.
Later, Trump addressed Israeli leaders in a post on Truth Social, saying, "Israel... do not drop those bombs. If you do, it will be a major violation. Bring your pilots back immediately."
He added, "Israel carried out a mission today and must remain calm. Israel should not have done what it did. I will see if I can stop it."
He continued, "Israel will not attack Iran, and all aircraft will return after offering a friendly salute to Iran. No one will be harmed, and the ceasefire is in effect."
The US president criticized some "fake" media outlets for claiming that the US strikes did not completely destroy Iran's nuclear sites, adding, "I say to CNN: You are failures and your news is fake."
symbolic goal
Axios quoted an Israeli official as saying that Trump called Netanyahu and asked him not to attack Iran at all. The official explained that Netanyahu informed Trump that he could not call off the attack on Iran because some response was needed to Iran's violation of the ceasefire. Instead, "it was decided to significantly scale back the attack and cancel attacks on a large number of targets."
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported that after the Trump-Netanyahu conversation, a "symbolic target" in Iran was attacked, and Israeli Army Radio said the Air Force attacked a radar near Tehran.
Israeli media outlets confirmed, citing security sources, that "the matter is over and the ceasefire between Israel and Iran has entered into force."
Trump previously announced a full agreement between Israel and Iran for a complete and comprehensive ceasefire, which went into effect at 7:00 a.m. Mecca time today. He added that the ceasefire would initially last for 12 hours, after which the war would be officially over.
Israel announced that it intercepted two missiles fired from Iran hours after the ceasefire took effect. Iranian television confirmed that reports of missiles being fired from Iran after the ceasefire were "baseless."
Source: Al Jazeera
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Trump: I'm not satisfied with Israel or Iran