WASHINGTON — Israel and Iran both violated a ceasefire agreement, President Donald Trump said June 24, a significant setback to his attempt at ending the conflict.
Trump told reporters at the White House, Iran violated the deal but “Israel violated it too.”
“Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs,” Trump said. “The biggest load that we’ve seen.” He added, “I’m not happy with Israel. You know, when I say, ‘okay, now you have 12 hours. You don’t go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on them. So I’m not happy with them. I’m not happy with Iran either.”
Trump said both Iran and Israel “have been fighting so long and so hard” that they do not know what they are doing, using a common obscenity to emphasize the point.
Previously, Trump announced on social media June 23 a ceasefire deal had been reached — a day after Pope Leo XIV warned world leaders they were headed for an “irreparable abyss.”
Trump said on his social media website Truth Social that the ceasefire, which would be phased in over the following 24 hours as each nation completed “their in progress, final missions,” and would bring an “Official END” to the war.
Neither Israel nor Iran immediately confirmed the agreement by the time of this post.
Kate Scanlon is a national reporter for OSV News covering Washington. Follow her on X @kgscanlon.
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