Tuesday June 24, 2025
By Idorenyin UMOREN
With Agency reports
The United States, US President Donald Trump says a ceasefire agreed between Israel and Iran is now in effect, and urges both sides not to violate it.
The announcement comes after Iran launched several volleys of missiles at Israel, killing at least four people in the southern city of Beersheba.
The Israeli prime minister’s office has issued a statement on Trump’s ceasefire deal, saying Netanyahu has accepted it and will be delivering a statement later today.
President Trump, in a message on his Truth Social platform, said it was that “perfect hit” on Iran that brought everyone together and helped make the deal. He also said Israel and Iran both came to him simultaneously, asking for peace.
This might not be the way that the Iranians view it. One of their news anchors said a little earlier that Trump called in a begging like manner after that attack on the US base in Qatar.
But here’s how the White House said it unfolded.
Trump was talking to Netanyahu and managed to broker the Israeli side. Once he got the Israelis on board, we believe he then called the Emir of Qatar and said, look, effectively, can you deal with the Iranians? Can you bring them back on side? I’ve got the Israelis, but we need the Iranians on side. The Emir and the Prime Minister of Qatar then managed to do that.
