Trump announces ceasefire between Israel, Iran that will be phased in over 24 hours

President Donald Trump on Monday announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran that will be phased in over the next 24 hours.

"CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! 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!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED! Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World," he wrote on TRUTH Social.

This announcement comes the same day Iran launched airstrikes on U.S. military bases in Qatar. The strikes on the air bases in Qatar came after President Donald Trump ordered the bombing of three major nuclear facilities in Iran on Saturday. 

Trump said in his TRUTH Social post that during the ceasefire each side will remain peaceful and respectful.

"During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL," Trump wrote. "On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, 'THE 12 DAY WAR.'"

The president said the war could have gone on for years and destroyed the Middle East. 

"God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!" the post concluded. 

Vice President JD Vance reacted to the ceasefire announcement on Monday on Fox News, saying that he had been working on the deal with Trump prior to joining TV anchor Bret Baier.

"The president, without — knock on wood — having a single American casualty, obliterated the Iranian nuclear program," Vance said. "We are now in a place where we weren't a week ago. A week ago, Iran was very close to having a nuclear weapon. Now, Iran is incapable of building a nuclear weapon with the equipment they have because we destroyed it. So that's a very, very big thing.

"Now, what that means, I think, is we have to talk to Iran, and of course, to Israel, about what the future holds, because while we have obliterated the Iranian nuclear program, our hope and our expectation is that they're not gonna try to rebuild that program. And I think that's what the president is really trying to figure out here, is to build a long-term settlement here to where we can have peace in the region, where our regional allies and, of course, the American people most importantly, can be secured, but where we can ensure that the destruction of the Iranian nuclear program that has already happened is not something they try to rebuild."