Israel-Iran fighting ‘until the very last breath'
We’ve seen this happen in the past, in ceasefires with Israel, where parties would go on until the very last breath.
This was quite unusual, what we’ve seen in the past hours. Six different missile launches from Iran on various areas in Israel.
The most devastating in Bir as-Sab’, or Beersheba, where six people are feared dead and perhaps more trapped under the rubble in the building that was really devastated by a direct impact, a direct hit from a missile launched by Iran.
This is still developing in terms of what the final tally is from these different launches. What was impacted in addition to this building? This is certainly the most extended period of missile launches that we’ve seen.
Iraqi authorities increase security around US, foreign embassies in Baghdad
We reported a little earlier on a drone attack on the Taji military base, located north of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.
A senior US military official also told the Associated Press news agency that reports of an attack on a base housing US forces in Iraq were a false alarm, triggered by falling debris from a malfunctioning Iran missile that was aimed at Israel.
Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed, reporting from Baghdad, said security has been increased around the US and other foreign embassies in the city.
“We understand that here in the capital, Baghdad, security forces have been deployed in and around the Green Zone, which is home to the US embassy and other foreign diplomatic missions,” Abdelwahed said.
“This comes after threats made by Iran-allied groups in Iraq threatening to attack US interests in the region and namely military bases,” he said.
“In Iraq, over the past week, there have been marches and demonstrations condemning the attacks against Iran and calling on the Iraqi government not to allow any foreign country to use Iraqi airspace to carry out attacks or air strikes inside Iran.”
Iranian TV says ceasefire has now begun
Press TV says the ceasefire between Israel and Iran has begun following several waves of attacks on Israeli territory.
Trump says ‘ceasefire is now in effect’
US President Donald Trump has said “the ceasefire is now in effect” in a post on Truth Social.
“Please do not violate it!” he added.
Neither Iran nor Israel have officially confirmed the agreement announced earlier by Trump on ending the conflict that has killed hundreds in Iran and two dozen in Israel.
The US leader had said the ceasefire would be a phased 24-hour process beginning at around 04:00 GMT on Tuesday, with Iran unilaterally halting all operations. Israel would follow suit 12 hours later.
