Updates on Israeli/ Iranian Ceasefire
Compiled by Yadnom Awu/Asaba
America
Trump Speaks on Deal
American President, Donald Trump, has opened up, but stopped short of claiming personal credit for the ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
He tweeted on the social that the ceasefire had begun, and urged both parties to abide by it.
Trump wrote ” The ceasefire is now in effect. Pls do not violate it.”
He would not give the details of the ceasefire or the talks that led to it.
However, sources said that Qatar, which, together with Egypt, tried to facilitate talks for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, was largely behind the Israeli/Iranian deal.
The sources added that Trump talked with Israeli Prime Minister and the Emir of Qatar, American security and diplomatic experts engaged with Iranian officials.
Iran
9 Die,30 wounded in Last Minute Strikes on Iran
At least , nine persons were killed and 30 others wounded in the last minute Israeli military attacks on Iran, just before the ceasefire came into effect.
The victims died when the residential apartment in which they lived was struck by Israeli gunfire in the North West of the country.
Strikes were also carried out on targets in other parts of the country, though details remained unknown at press time.
At least 600 persons were killed and many more wounded in 12: days of sustained Israeli attacks.
Meanwhile, Iran is said to be considering the suspension of cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, which it accused of complicity in Israeli and American attacks on it.
The House of Assembly,on Monday, approved the operational modules for a new law to that effect.
The IAEA is the United Nations (UN) watchdog on nuclear programmes and was monitoring Iran’ s nuclear programme before Israel, in a unilateral move, began the military pounding of nuclear facilities on June 13.
Israel
5 Die , 20 Wounded
Mird then five persons died and 20 others were wounded in an Iranian missile strike on an apartment in Beersheba.
The strike came shortly before the announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
The toll took to more than 30, the number of fatalities arising from Iranian strikes on Israel in its 22- day war against the Jewish state.
More than 1,300 others were wounded in the strikes which began after Israel launched a high heel military campaign on Iran in an effort to mangle its nuclear programme.
Like America and the rest of its Western allies, Israel had insisted that Iran must not be allowed to develop the dreaded nuclear weapon.
