Trump says Iran and Israel both broke fragile ceasefire

President Donald Trump on Tuesday morning accused both countries of violating the truce hours after he said they had agreed to stop hostilities. He also suggested that breaking the ceasefire could have been unintentional. His heated remarks came after Israel accused Iran of violating the agreement by firing missiles into the northern part of Israel early Tuesday morning. Israeli officials said the missiles were either intercepted or fell in open areas, and Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the IDF to respond to Iran’s violation of the ceasefire.

Shortly after the attack, Trump urged Israel not to retaliate and called on the government to redirect Israeli fighter jets back home. He called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Air Force One and Israel then agreed to refrain from additional military actions.

What happened right before the ceasefire? Iran’s military on Monday night launched more than a dozen missiles at Israel, the Israel Defense Force said, adding that its navy intercepted them. Hours before the ceasefire took effect Tuesday morning, an Iranian missile struck an apartment complex in the southern city of Beersheba and killed at least four people, according to Israeli media. Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich offered his condolences to the families of those killed, and said Israel had destroyed additional targets in Tehran overnight.

Iran Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi wrote on social media that his country’s armed forces continued their operations until what he called the very last minute. He also said that Iran had not formally agreed to a ceasefire but would stop fighting if Israel did so as well.

Dig deeper: Read Christina Grube’s report about the initial ceasefire agreement.