US President Donald Trump has said Iran and Israel “don’t know what they’re doing” and both are guilty of breaking what has become an increasingly fragile ceasefire.
Speaking to media outside the White House before flying to a Nato summit in the Netherlands Trump said Iran “violated it but Israel violated it too”.
He added: “I’m not happy with Israel. I’m not happy with Iran, either”
Trump continued: “I’m really unhappy if Israel is going out this morning because of one rocket that didn’t land, that was shot perhaps by mistake.”
Before speaking to the media he had posted on Truth Social: “Israel do not drop these bombs. If you do it is a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now!”
Israel had 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.
Iran has denied firing a missile at Israel after the ceasefire began, according to its state media.
The Israeli embassy in the UK, however, has posted a picture of what it claims to be the missile which was fired after the ceasefire began.
Although Israel said it had intercepted the mid-morning 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.
The IDF’s Chief of the General Staff, Eyal Zamir, also said they would “respond with force”.
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.
