- Israel has accused Iran of breaking a ceasefire deal hours after it came into effect.
- Iran has denied firing missiles after the agreed deadline.
- US President Donald Trump announced the ceasefire overnight, with Israel and Iran both confirming it on Tuesday.
- Strikes from both countries took place in the interim, with at least four being killed in southern Israel and several reported dead in northern Iran.
- Israel says it will “respond forcefully” to Iran’s “violation” of the ceasefire deal.
Israel has accused Iran of “completely violating” a ceasefire agreement between the two countries by launching missiles after the deal came into effect.
Just over two hours after the pause in fighting came into force, Israel said it had identified missiles launched from Iran into its airspace, with explosions booming and sirens sounding across the north of the country.
Though Israel said it had intercepted the midmorning barrage of missiles, it highlights how fragile the situation remained.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said he instructed the Israeli military to “respond forcefully” by targeting Iranian paramilitary and government targets.
Iran has denied firing a missile at Israel after the ceasefire began, according to its state media.
The IDF’s Chief of the General Staff, Eyal Zamir, responded to the reported post-ceasefire Iranian missile strikes, saying it would “respond with force”.
US President Donald Trump had earlier urged both countries not to “violate” the agreement.
The Israeli government accepted Trump’s proposal on Tuesday morning, but in a statement, said it would “respond forcefully to any violation of the ceasefire.”
Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said it had achieved its goal of removing Iran’s nuclear and ballistic threats and thanked Trump and the US for their support.
Iranian State media had also acknowledged a ceasefire had been put in place.
Just before 4am local time (2am BST) Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi said that Iran would stop attacks if Israel stopped its own strikes by 4am.
The shaky agreement was announced early Tuesday morning after Tehran launched a retaliatory limited missile attack on a US military base in Qatar on Monday.
It followed an American attack on three of Iran’s nuclear sites over the weekend.
Reports suggest Israeli missiles continued right up until the deadline on Tuesday before ceasing.
The Israeli Defence Forces says Iranian strikes continued beyond this deadline, and at least four people have been reported killed in the south of the country.
Iranian media also reported an Israeli attack in northern Iran, which killed at least nine.
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World leaders are now heading to a Nato summit in the Netherlands as uncertainty over the fragile ceasefire lingers.
At the two-day summit, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will continue to press for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
Senior Cabinet Office minister Pat McFadden said reports of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran are “welcome”.
He added: “I don’t know if it’s the product of any single decision, but it’s welcome and let’s hope that it holds. It’s a fragile situation.”
The UK has begun evacuating Britons from Israel, with the first group of 63 people flown back via Cyprus.
The Foreign Office has said around 1,000 people had requested a seat on an evacuation flight – a quarter of the 4,000 who had registered their presence in the region.
The government has withdrawn staff from its embassy in Iran, and it is operating “remotely”, Foreign Secretary David Lammy told MPs on Monday.
Israel and Iran have been bombing each other for almost two weeks, with dozens of people reported dead and injured in cities like Tehran and Tel Aviv.
On Sunday, Trump confirmed that the US had “completely and totally obliterated” three key Iranian nuclear sites, in what he called a “spectacular military success.”
In response, Iran launched a missile attack on a US military base near Doha, Qatar, on Monday.
Tehran sent a barrage of short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles towards Al Udeid Air Base earlier on Monday evening, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites.
Footage reported across social media appears to show missiles in the skies above the Qatari capital, followed by explosions.
Qatar’s Defence Ministry said its air defences “successfully” thwarted the attack, and no casualties have been reported.
Trump called the Iranian response “weak” and said it had been “very effectively countered.”
In a post on Truth Social, he said: “There have been 14 missiles fired – 13 were knocked down, and 1 was ‘set free,’ because it was headed in a nonthreatening direction. I am pleased to report that NO Americans were harmed, and hardly any damage was done.
“Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their ‘system,’ and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE.”
Trump also claimed Iran gave the US prior notice of the strike to avoid lives being lost.
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