Iran-Israel war: latest developments

JERUSALEM, June 24, 2025 Iran and Israel traded fire Tuesday, unleashing salvos of missiles in the final moments leading up to a ceasefire deadline announced by US President Donald Trump.

Here are the latest developments as the 12-day war between Middle Eastern adversaries was expected to come to an "official end".

- 'Ceasefire' -

The ceasefire agreement, as outlined by Trump on social media in a surprise late-night post, would see the arch enemies stop firing in staggered phases.

According to Trump, Iran would unilaterally halt all operations beginning 0400 GMT Tuesday, with Israel following suit 12 hours later.

"It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

He said the "official end" would come after Israel and Iran "wound down and completed their in progress, final missions".

- 'No agreement' -

After Trump's announcement, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi posted that "as of now, there is NO 'agreement' on ceasefire or cessation of military operations".

However, he added that if Israel stopped "its illegal aggression", Tehran would have "no intention to continue our response afterwards".

There was no immediate confirmation from Israel on ending the conflict, which started when Israel carried out surprise "preemptive" strikes against Iran on June 13, targeting nuclear and military sites.

- Fresh salvos -

Iran's state media said on Tuesday that a fifth wave of missiles was headed towards Israel around the time the ceasefire was expected to take hold.

Air raid sirens rang out in northern Israel as the Israeli military said it was working to intercept the latest round of missiles from Iran.

Israeli emergency services said four people were killed and two moderately wounded in an Iranian missile strike in southern Beersheba.

The full extent of the damage from Iran's attacks on Israel is not known due to military censorship rules, but at least 50 impacts have been acknowledged nationwide and 24 people have died, according to official figures.

Israeli strikes on Iran have killed more than 400 people, Iran's health ministry has said.

- Iran strikes US air base -

Hours before Trump's ceasefire announcement, Iran launched missiles at a US base in Qatar in retaliation for American strikes on Tehran's nuclear facilities.

Qatar said it successfully intercepted the attack on Al Udeid Air Base, which it called a "flagrant violation" of sovereignty and said it reserved the right to respond.

Trump dismissed the attack -- which came after the United States joined the bombing campaign over the weekend -- as "very weak".

He said Iran gave "early notice" of the strike, thanking the Islamic republic for the move that "made it possible for no lives to be lost, nobody to be injured".

- 'Spillover' -

UN chief Antonio Guterres condemned Iran's attack on the Al Udeid base and reiterated his call for the fighting to stop.

China on Monday warned against "the spillover of war", urging the international community to do more to prevent the fighting from impacting the world's economy, noting the global importance of the Gulf maritime trade routes off the Iranian coast.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had called on China to help deter Iran from closing the Strait of Hormuz, a chokepoint for one-fifth of the world's oil supply.

Oil prices briefly fell on Monday after surging, as traders weighed the possible extent of retaliation by Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed attacks on Iran as "unprovoked" and "unjustified" in a Moscow meeting with Tehran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi