Republicans rally around Trump after ceasefire announcement
US President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans have rallied around him after he announced that a ceasefire deal had been reached between Iran and Israel.
In a brief post on X, House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote: “Peace through STRENGTH!”.
Johnson has been feuding with some members of his party who criticised Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear sites.
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of the most outspoken voices opposed to US intervention in the Iran-Israel war, also welcomed the announced ceasefire, writing on X, “Thank you, President Trump, for pursuing peace!”.
Greene earlier criticised Trump’s decision to bomb Iran, saying it felt “like a complete bait and switch to please the neocons, warmongers, military industrial complex contracts, and neocon tv personalities that MAGA hates and who were NEVER TRUMPERS!”
Meanwhile US bases in Iraq are under attack
Drone attacks Iraq’s Taji military base: Report
An unidentified drone attacked a site at Iraq’s Taji military base north of Baghdad, the Iraqi state news agency INA reported, citing a military official. There were no casualties, the official said.
The Drop Site investigative news outlet earlier posted video clips on X showing the purported explosion at the Taji military base.
Reports of drone attack near Baghdad airport
Iran’s Tasnim news agency is citing sources saying that the Victory Base Complex, a cluster of former US military installations in Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, has been hit by a drone attack.
Attack reported on Iraq’s Balad military base
The Balad military base in Iraq has come under attack, according to reports from the Kurdistan24 news channel, citing its correspondent in Baghdad.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the attack on the base, located in Iraq’s Salahuddin province about 100km (62 miles) north of the Iraqi capital.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency earlier reported that two explosions were heard inside the base, which previously served as the second-largest US base in Iraq.
Iraq’s Imam Ali base under attack: Report
The Al Sumaria TV network is reporting an attack on the radar systems at Imam Ali base in Iraq. The Baghdad-based television channel did not say who carried out the attack.
Imam Ali base is located in Iraq’s Dhi Qar governorate, just southwest of the provincial capital of Nasiriya.
And as of this moment missiles are still flying
Three killed in Israel’s Beersheba
The Times of Israel and YNet News are reporting that three people who were said to be in critical condition following a missile attack on the southern Israeli city have now been pronounced dead.
Footage from the scene, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, shows damage to a multistory building and parked cars. Other footage taken from afar shows a huge cloud of smoke in the sky.
The report comes as sirens continue to blare across Israel amid a third wave of attacks. Israel says the missiles are from Iran. There’s been no comment from Iran so far.
Is there a ceasefire? At what time? Does Trump know about time zones?
It's 6:40 am in Israel now, 7:10 am in Tehran.
