According to a statement issued by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, it has agreed to a ceasefire proposal brokered by the US, after close to two weeks of military conflict with Iran.
The statement read: “Israel thanks President Trump and the United States for their support in defense and their participation in eliminating the Iranian nuclear threat. In light of achieving the objectives of the operation, and in full coordination with President Trump, Israel has agreed to the president’s proposal for a bilateral cease-fire.”
“Israel has removed a dual immediate existential threat – both in the nuclear and ballistic missile fields,” the statement reads.
According to the statement, “the IDF achieved full air control over Tehran’s skies, inflicted severe damage on the military leadership, and destroyed dozens of central Iranian government targets.”
The statement also acknowledges that another Iranian nuclear scientist was killed.
“Even in the past day, the IDF dealt major blows to regime targets in the heart of Tehran, eliminated hundreds of Basij operatives, the regime’s oppression apparatus, and assassinated another senior nuclear scientist,” the statement reads.
“Israel thanks President Trump and the United States for their support in defense and their participation in eliminating the Iranian nuclear threat,” the statement goes on to say.
“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,” the PMO says, adding that Israel “will respond forcefully to any violation of the ceasefire.”
US President Donald Trump had earlier said that a ceasefire would take effect, shortly after at least four people were killed when an Iranian ballistic missile hit a residential building in Beersheba.
