Trump lashes out at Netanyahu for violating the ceasefire, and Israel and Iran agree to halt attacks.

WashingtonThe twelve-hour ceasefire between Iran and Israel announced by Donald Trump, which was supposed to end the war, has only brought chaos and confusion. After contradictory messages from Tehran and Tel Aviv's initial silence on the agreement, both countries have accused each other of breaking the truce, while the US president insists that the pause remains in effect. In the hours following the announcement, Israel and the Islamic Republic continued to exchange missiles. Trump accused the two states of breaking the pact and lashed out at Israel without sparing his profanity. Shortly afterward, in a post on Truth Social, he insisted that Benjamin Netanyahu's government would halt the attacks and that "the ceasefire" was still "in effect." The Israeli government office confirmed that the two leaders had called each other and that, "following the conversation," Tel Aviv "will refrain from launching further attacks."

"I think both of them have violated the ceasefire, but I don't think they did it intentionally," Trump said before heading to Andrews Air Force Base and boarding Air Force One for the flight. at the NATO summit in The HagueThe president, who wanted to take credit for bringing peace to the region after bombing Iran's nuclear facilities, was clearly annoyed by the situation. "Basically, we have two countries that have been fighting so hard that they don't even know what the fuck they're doing anymore," he said in response to a reporter's question about why Iran and Israel continued to attack each other.

"Israel, as soon as we made the deal, started dropping a bunch of bombs," Trump complained, adding: "I'm not happy with Israel. When I say, 'OK, now you have 12 hours,' you don't go out and attack them with everything you have. I'm not happy with Iran either, but I'm really upset with Israel if they're breaking the truce this morning because of a rocket that was maybe fired by mistake and didn't even land."

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz had ordered an attack on Tehran on Tuesday morning, after accusing Iran of violating the ceasefire. "In light of Iran's flagrant violation of the ceasefire declared by the US president—by firing missiles at Israel—and in accordance with the Israeli government's policy of responding decisively to any violation, I have ordered the IDF [the Israeli army] to target terrorist infrastructure in Tehran," he stated. At around 9:00 a.m., alarms sounded in Tel Aviv warning of an imminent Iranian missile attack, and the army issued a statement saying it was working to destroy the projectiles after detecting one.

Iran, however, denied Israeli accusations that Tehran had fired missiles at northern Israel after the ceasefire began, through Iranian Chief of Staff Abdolrahim Mousavi. Iran's Supreme National Security Council has issued a statement regarding the "imposition of a war halt" on Israel, warning that "any new aggression would be met with a decisive, firm, and timely response from Iran."

Iran announced shortly afterward that Israeli air forces had again attacked targets in the country, confirming the threat issued by Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz, who had ordered a "resolute strike against regime targets [of the ayatollahs] in the heart of Tehran."

A shared victory?

In a new post on Truth Social, Trump once again boasted about the fragile truce achieved in the Middle East, leaving more questions than answers. The New York leader asserted that "both Israel and Iran wanted to stop the war." "It was an honor to destroy all the nuclear facilities and, afterward,end the war", he added.

Later, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian celebrated Iran's "victory" and "the end of the Twelve-Day War." "Today, after your courageous resistance, O great people with a glorious history, we are witnessing a ceasefire and the end of the war adventures of the Zionist regime," the Islamic leader said in a message to his compatriots. "All the glory of this historic victory belongs to the great and civilizing nation of Iran," the president concluded.

Israel as a "historic victory," in a televised address to the nation Tuesday night. The Israeli leader assured that the "victory will be remembered for generations," and said that Israel had managed to eliminate "two immediate existential threats: a nuclear threat and a ballistic missile threat." Iran's command, including three chiefs of staff, nuclear scientists and other senior officials, and its air force had destroyed the nuclear facilities in Isfahan, Natanz and Arak He also praised the role of US President Donald Trump in his campaign "Fordow deep-water enrichment site," Netanyahu said.

Perplexity over a short-lived agreement

Meanwhile, the world watched in bewilderment as the ceasefire in the Middle East unfolded. Russia welcomed the US-brokered ceasefire on Tuesday morning.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov expressed the hope that the truce would be "sustainable," Interfax reported. On Monday, President Vladimir Putin told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi that Russia is "making efforts to help the Iranian people," without giving further details. Peskov added that Moscow has supported Iran with a "clear position" since the beginning of the crisis.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also welcomed the announcement of the ceasefire between Israel and Iran as an "important step" toward restoring "stability" in the region, while urging Tehran to engage "seriously" in a negotiation process. "This is an important step toward restoring stability in a tense region," the head of the European Commission wrote on social media.