What we know
- CEASEFIRE ANNOUNCED: Hours after Iran targeted a U.S. military base in Qatar today, President Donald Trump said on social media that Iran and Israel had agreed to a total ceasefire. Neither Iran nor Israel have confirmed to NBC News that they have agreed to a ceasefire.
- IRAN RESPONSE: Iran launched a strike against Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which stations thousands of U.S. troops, in retaliation for the U.S. bombing of its nuclear sites over the weekend. No casualties were reported, and Trump on social media called the strike “very weak.”
- ISRAEL HITS FORDO AGAIN: Israel launched further assaults throughout Iran, including on the notorious Evin prison in Tehran.
- WARNING FROM IRAN: Before the U.S. strikes, Iran had warned Trump that it might activate terrorist “sleeper cells” inside the United States if it were attacked, sources said.
- HUNDREDS KILLED: Israeli strikes have killed at least 400 people in Iran and injured 3,000 in the conflict, according to the Iranian Health Ministry, while Iran’s retaliatory strikes have killed at least 24 in Israel.
THREE PEOPLE KILLED IN MISSILE STRIKE IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL
Israel’s emergency services said three people were killed after a missile struck a residential building in the southern Israel city of Beer Sheva.
The emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said earlier a man around 40 years old, a woman about 30 years old and a man around 20 years old were critically wounded.
Six other people were being treated with light to moderate injuries, an MDA spokesperson said.
The Israel Defense Forces said it identified missiles launched from Iran toward Israel and instructed residents to enter bomb shelters.
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