Trump Gives Update After Israel, Iran Strikes
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Israel and Iran traded strikes over the weekend.
Iran fired strikes at Israel, and Israel responded to those strikes on Monday.
Israel and Iran traded fire on Monday, their war’s 100th day, putting its already fragile truce in serious jeopardy and threatening to reignite all-out regional war. The Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced they were banning Israeli shipping on the Red Sea, a key shipping lane, further complicating matters.
The new attacks, including one on an Iranian petrochemical complex and what Iran’s Revolutionary Guard said was the targeting of two Israeli bases, came hours after President Trump reportedly called on Israel to refrain from retaliating against Tehran’s missiles.
Israel launched airstrikes at Beirut’s southern suburbs Sunday, which led to Iran retaliating with its own strike on Israel, then to Monday’s attacks and counterattacks.
Donald Trump is pushing for peace.
Trump said Monday morning, “Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE!”
Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations on “Peace” are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way. The Blockade will remain in place, and in full force and effect, until a “Final Deal” is reached. Things should move quickly. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP
He also called on both to stop shooting.
Israel and Iran must immediately stop “shooting.” President DONALD J. TRUMP
Iran said that it had ceased its strikes against Israel on Monday morning.
Iran’s military has ceased strikes against Israel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNBC on Monday, but Tehran warned it would resume hostilities if the IDF continues operations in Lebanon.
Iran and Israel traded strikes on Sunday night for the first time since a ceasefire was agreed in April. The Islamic Republic fired missiles towards northern Israel after accusing Jerusalem of repeatedly violating the truce through its strikes on Lebanon, which included an attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs on Sunday.
