Latest attack on Israel show truce remains ‘tenuous, precarious’

Highlights:

• Israeli media say at least 3 people have been killed in an Iranian missile attack on the southern city of Beersheba.
• This comes after US President Donald Trump said Israel and Iran had agreed to a truce to bring an end to what he called the "12-day war".
• But Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says there's no agreement on a ceasefire with Israel, but that Tehran will halt attacks if Israel stops its "illegal aggression" by 4am local time (00:30 GMT). Israel is yet to comment publicly.
• Hours earlier, Iran fired a salvo of missiles at a military base in Qatar that houses American troops in retaliation for the US's attacks on its nuclear sites on Sunday.
• Iran says that more than 400 people, including 13 children, have been killed and at least 3,056 others wounded since Israel launched its attack on June 13. In Israel, at least 24 people have been killed in Iranian strikes.

12:34pm

Netanyahu says Israel has achieved 'all objectives' of operation against Iran

Here are the details from the Israeli statement.

It said Netanyahu met his cabinet along with the minister of defence and the head of the Mossad last night "to report that Israel had achieved all of the objectives of Operation Rising Lion, and much more".

"Israel has removed a dual immediate existential threat – both in the nuclear and ballistic missile fields," the statement said.

The Israeli military "achieved full air control over Tehran's skies, inflicted severe damage on the military leadership, and destroyed dozens of central Iranian government targets", it said.

"In light of the achievement of the operation's objectives, and in full coordination with President Trump, Israel has agreed to the president's proposal for a bilateral ceasefire," it added.

"Israel will respond forcefully to any violation of the ceasefire."

12:30pm

Families of Israeli captives say ceasefire deal must include Gaza

Relatives of the Israeli captives held in Gaza are calling on their government to end the war on the Palestinian territory and secure the return of their loved ones.

"The ceasefire agreement must expand to include Gaza. We call on the government to urgently engage in talks that will lead to the return of all hostages and the end of the war. If they can achieve a ceasefire with Iran, they can also end the war in Gaza," the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement on X.

"It is unthinkable that after a brilliant operation in Iran and a decisive, devastating blow to the Iranian axis, Israel would return to sinking in the Gaza quagmire. This contradicts all logic and every Israeli interest," it said.

"Ending the operation in Iran without leveraging it to secure the return of all hostages would be a grave diplomatic failure. There is a historic window of opportunity, and the Israeli government has a duty to seize it with both hands."

12:21pm

Netanyahu agrees to Trump's ceasefire proposal

The Israeli prime minister's office has issued a statement on Trump's ceasefire deal, saying Netanyahu has accepted it and will be delivering a statement later today.

12:10pm

Israeli attack kills at least 24 Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza

At least 24 Palestinians desperately seeking food aid amid widespread hunger in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli attack in the besieged territory's central area, according to Al Jazeera's fact-checking unit Sanad.

According to the report, the victims were killed while waiting for food at Salah al-Din Street just south of Wadi Gaza in the centre of the Strip.

Footage obtained by Sanad showed the bodies of the victims piling up at Gaza's Nasser Medical Complex and Al Awda Hospital in Gaza.

Israeli attacks on Palestinians near aid centres have killed more than 400 people and wounded about 1,000 since the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began aid distribution on May 27.

12:00pm

Israeli military claims to knock out Iranian missile launchers

In a statement, Israel's military says its fighter jets have attacked missile launchers in western Iran that were primed to be fired at Israel.

The military shared footage that appears to show strikes on several Iranian launchers, claiming they have now been destroyed.

11:05am

Death toll from latest Iranian strike on Israel rises to four

The number of people killed from the latest Iranian strike on Israel's Beersheba has risen to four, Israel's Channel 14 reported citing a fire and rescue official.

Linoy Reshef, spokesperson of the fire and rescue agency's southern district, also told Channel 14's Ariel Idan that additional people remain trapped in one of the buildings hit by the Iranian strike shortly before a ceasefire between Iran and Israel took effect.

At least eight other people were reported injured, and two of them were taken to a hospital for treatment.

10:30am

Footage shows Iranian strike on southern Israel

A video clip posted on X by The Jerusalem Post publication showed the moment an Iranian missile hit southern Israel, resulting in several casualties.

According to initial reports, at least three people were killed and several others injured in the latest strike in Beesheba, just hours before a ceasefire was to take place between Iran and Israel.

10:20am

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."

10:19am

Israel issues sixth alert of an Iranian missile attack

The Israeli military says it has detected another wave of missiles from Iran and is urging the public to take cover.

10:15am

Trump continues to extol Israel-Iran deal

The US president has again taken to Truth Social to laud the ceasefire deal he claimed he brokered between Israel and Iran, even as the deadly missile attacks continue on Israeli territory.

"We couldn't have made today's 'deal' without the talent and courage of our great B-2 pilots, and all of those associated with that operation," he said, referring to the US bombers used in the attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.

"In a certain and very ironic way, that perfect 'hit,' late in the evening, brought everyone together, and the deal was made!!!" he added.

10:13am

Under Trump's timeline, proposed ceasefire would begin around now

Trump's Truth Social post announcing the ceasefire between Iran and Israel was set to start "approximately 6 hours" from when he made the announcement earlier in the US night. That time has just passed.

"It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!)," Trump wrote at 18:00 local time in Washington. It is now just past midnight.

Israel has not however publicly accepted the ceasefire proposal. Iran state TV announced a short while ago that a ceasefire had been "imposed" on Israel.

10:10

Israeli analyst says waves of Iranian missiles possibly the 'end game'

Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar has welcomed as "good news" the ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel announced hours earlier by Trump, saying the latest wave of missiles from Iran followed a pattern where "every side will do its most to be portrayed as having total victory or at least face-saving".

"Hopefully, this is the end game," Eldar told Al Jazeera.

"This is maybe the beginning of the light at the end of the tunnel," Eldar said.

"It happened before the ceasefire in Gaza with Hamas. It happened with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Until the last minute, they will try to improve the balance of power or the balance of damages and say, 'Look, the last pictures, the last images, the last footage were are getting from the enemy is showing that we are doing good,'" he said.

"That it is not that we are surrendering. You see, what they can do we can do better," he added.

9:50am

Netanyahu silent hours after Trump's claim of a ceasefire

The Israeli prime minister has yet to comment on Trump's announcement of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran.

According to The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu convened a Security Cabinet meeting that lasted into the early hours of Tuesday morning. He also asked ministers to avoid making public statements on the ceasefire, it reported.

Iran, meanwhile, said it would stop its retaliation if Israel stop its attacks.

There have been several waves of strikes on Israel since then, with at least three people reported killed in the city of Beersheba.

9:43am

Israel issues warning over fourth wave of missiles

The Israeli military says it has identified a fresh wave of missiles launched from Iran and issued another order for residents to take cover.

"The defence systems are working to intercept the threat. You must enter the protected areas upon receiving the alert, and remain there until further notice," according to the statement posted on X.

9:30am

Ex-US official says Trump's Iran-Israel deal 'neither verifiable nor permanent'

Ned Price, a former spokesperson for the US State Department, has criticised the ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel announced by Trump, describing it as "neither verifiable nor permanent".

In a series of posts on social media, Price, who served under Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden, wrote, "Success would've been permanently and verifiably preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuke, just the type of arrangement Trump needlessly tore up in 2018."

He was referring to Trump's decision to abandon the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and world powers in 2015, under then-President Barack Obama.

Price said the Trump administration should "leverage this moment" to reach a new diplomatic deal, warning that the US involvement in the war could push Tehran "to sprint towards a nuclear device".

9:28am

Ex-US official says Trump's Iran-Israel deal 'neither verifiable nor permanent'

Ned Price, a former spokesperson for the US State Department, has criticised the ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel announced by Trump, describing it as "neither verifiable nor permanent".

In a series of posts on social media, Price, who served under Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden, wrote, "Success would've been permanently and verifiably preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuke, just the type of arrangement Trump needlessly tore up in 2018."

He was referring to Trump's decision to abandon the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and world powers in 2015, under then-President Barack Obama.

Price said the Trump administration should "leverage this moment" to reach a new diplomatic deal, warning that the US involvement in the war could push Tehran "to sprint towards a nuclear device".