“Following President Trump’s conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel refrained from further attacks,” a statement from Netanyahu’s office said. The text, however, accuses Iran of having violated the agreement on at least two occasions and says that, as a result, the Israeli air force destroyed a radar in northern Tehran. For his part, the US president assured that he spoke with his Israeli counterpart to ask him to turn back the planes that were heading to Iran. “Israel, as you know, backed down. They did not carry out that raid this morning. Fortunately, that was a big deal. I appreciate that,” explained the New Yorker aboard Air Force One en route to The Hague. “They had a lot of planes and they were going to do something strong and they didn't. We are happy about that. We are very happy. Therefore, the ceasefire is very much in place and I think we are going to maintain it for a long time,” added Trump. The Israeli leader's statements came shortly after his aircraft bombed the radar in the Persian capital, an attack reported by the Iranian state network Press TV, claiming that explosions had been heard in northern Tehran.

The Iranian newspaper Etemad also warned that air defenses had been activated in Chamestan, Babol and Babolsar, cities in the province of Manzadaran (north).

According to journalist Barak Ravid, correspondent for the American media outlet Axios and the Israeli newspaper Walla, who quotes a senior Israeli official, Trump asked Netanyahu to cancel the attack. He said he was unable to do so and needed to respond in some way to Iran's violation of the ceasefire, after which the two leaders reportedly agreed to reduce the scale of the attack.

“ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and return home, while giving a friendly salute to Iran. No one will be hurt, the ceasefire is in effect!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network.

Trump expressed frustration this morning with Israel for “unloading (bombs) right after the agreement” and warned the Israeli government to order its planes back. “They need to calm down now!” he exclaimed before leaving this morning for The Hague to participate in the NATO summit.

Iran denounced this Tuesday that Israel bombed its territory after the ceasefire went into effect (it began at 7:00 Israeli time, 4:00 GMT). Israel also denounced the launch of an Iranian missile an hour after the ceasefire, something Tehran denied.