The explosions were recorded near Tel Aviv and Beersheba in southern Israel on June 24. The Israeli military said Iran had launched six rounds of missiles. At least four people have died in Beersheba, the first deaths in Israel since President Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran late on June 23.
A senior White House official said that President Trump mediated a ceasefire agreement during a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel agreed on the condition that Iran did not attack further.
Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has guaranteed Tehran's agreement during a call with Iranian officials. US Vice President J.D Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US special missionary Steve Witkoff have had direct and indirect contact with the Irans.
An Iranian official confirmed that Tehran had agreed to a ceasefire. However, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stressed in the early morning of June 24 that there would be no ceasefire until Israel stopped the attacks. On June 24, Iranian media confirmed that Tehran had fired the last rocket before the ceasefire took effect.
Although information about the ceasefire has been released, the situation in the area does not seem to be peaceful. The Israeli military issued two evacuation warnings in less than two hours to residents of areas in Iran's Tehran, one late on June 23 and one early on June 24. The Israeli military radio station said on the morning of June 24 that the alert had been activated in the area south of the Golan Heights due to concerns about enemy aircraft encroachment.
Israel, along with the US, has carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, after accusing Tehran of being close to nuclear weapons production.
Iran denies having a nuclear weapons program, but Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has also said that if it wants to, world leaders " won't be able to stop us".
Israel, a non-member of the International Nuclear Disament Treaty, is the only country in the Middle East believed to have nuclear weapons. Israel has not denied or confirmed the information.
Three Israeli officials revealed that Israel is looking to end the operation in Iran soon and has conveyed this message to the US.
Previously, on June 23, President Trump said he would push Israel towards peace. He also said that Iran's attack on a US air base did not lead to any casualties and thanked Tehran for giving early notice of the attack. The US leader said that Iran had fired 14 missiles at the US air base.
Western media said that Iran's handling of the attack evoked previous tensions with the US and Israel, in which Tehran sought to balance the situation by holding back a military response without triggering a tropical escalation cycle.
The Trump administration affirmed that the target of the attack was only to destroy Iran's nuclear program, not to launch a wider war.
