Donald Trump sends order to Israel's army after Iran accused of breaking ceasefire
Donald Trump has told Israel's army to stand down after Iran has been accused of breaking the ceasefire agreement.
The President's warning comes after an agreed ceasefire between Iran and Israel, which came into effect early this morning (24 June).
But Israel said it had detected missile launches from Iran shortly after the agreement, and vowed to 'respond forcefully'.
Defence Minister Israel Katz ordered the Israel Defence Forces to 'respond forcefully to Iran's violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran'.
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Meanwhile, Iran's Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Abdolrahim Mousavi, has denied firing any missiles towards Israel in the last few hours.
Donald Trump's urgent warning to Israel
Trump, who thought he had brokered a deal between the two countries, has told Israel to stand down from attacking Iran.
Taking to Truth Social, the 79-year-old wrote in capitals: "ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES."
Trump says 'they don't know what the f**k they're doing'
The American President has also told reporters that Israel needs to 'calm down', and that he's trying his best to stop the retaliation.
"We have to have Israel to calm down because they went on a mission this morning," he said. "I've got to get Israel to calm down."
He thinks Iran may not have done 'it intentionally,' adding: "They couldn't reign people back. I don't like the fact that Israel went out this morning, and I'm going to see if I can stop it.
"As soon as I get away from you, I'm going to see if I can stop it. As soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs.
"The likes of which I've never seen before. The biggest load that we've seen. I'm not happy with Israel."
The US president then said: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f**k they're doing."
The UK's response to the ceasefire
Upon his arrival in the Netherlands for the NATO summit, Sir Keir Starmer told journalists that he wants the ceasefire to continue.
"The sooner we get back to that, the better," he said. "And that's the message that I'm discussing with other leaders today.
"We need to get back to that ceasefire, which is consistent with what I've been saying about de-escalation for quite some time now."
This comes after Iran launched missile attacks on US air bases in Qatar and Iraq yesterday (23 June), which appeared to be in retaliation to the US' own missile strikes on three of Iran's nuclear sites at the weekend.
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Anish Vij