Trump says Israel, Iran have violated ceasefire, 'I'm not happy'
“We have two countries that have been fighting for so hard and so long they don’t know what the f-ck they are doing,” President Trump said.
President Trump on Tuesday expressed his disappointment as he said that both Israel and Iran violated the ceasefire agreement he helped broker with them on Monday, noting, "I'm not happy."
While Iran said that Israel was supposed to begin its ceasefire at 4 a.m. Tehran time, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has claimed that Israel conducted strikes in Iran until 9 a.m. local time, The Associated Press reported. The wire service said that there were no reports of Israeli strikes in Iran after 4 a.m. local time, and that the Guard didn't provide evidence supporting its claim. Also, Israel had a few more hours after 4 a.m. local time to continue conducting strikes.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday said that Israel “will respond with force” after Iran’s “utter violation” of the ceasefire. The Israel Defense Forces intercepted two missiles launched at Israel from Iran, an IDF official told CNN.
Iranian state-affiliated media outlets denied that Iran launched missiles at Israel. After 7:30 a.m. local time, “No missiles have been fired at the enemy so far,” said an Iranian senior security official. “If Israel makes a mistake, all occupied territories will be attacked, just like an hour before the war stopped,” the official told CNN.
Trump said Tuesday morning that Iran "violated" the ceasefire, "but Israel violated it, too," the AP reported.
"But I'm not happy that Israel's going out, now," Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for the NATO summit at The Hague. "There was one rocket that I guess was fired, overboard, it was after the time limit, and it missed its target. And now Israel is going out. These guys gotta calm down. Ridiculous.
"I didn't like plenty of things that I saw yesterday. I didn't like the fact that Israel unloaded right after we made the deal. They didn't have to unload, and I didn't like the fact that the retaliation was very strong, but in all fairness, Israel unloaded a lot, and now I hear Israel just went out because they felt there was violated by one rocket that didn't land anywhere. That's not what we want, I'll tell you, and I'm telling you, I'm not happy about that, Israel, either."
“We have two countries that have been fighting for so hard and so long they don’t know what the f-ck they are doing,” Trump added, according to CNN.
Trump posted on Truth Social on Tuesday, "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"
Less than an hour after the post, Trump wrote another Truth Social Post, saying, "ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly 'Plane Wave' to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect! Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES"
Trump announced on Monday that both Iran and Israel had agreed to a ceasefire. This followed Trump on Saturday launching missiles that struck Iran's nuclear sites as the Islamic country has been trading airstrikes with Israel, following the Jewish state's missile strikes on Iranian military and nuclear sites.