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Earlier, Israel's President Isaac Herzog gave a press conference in English at the site of an Iranian attack overnight in the southern city of Beersheba.

He started by saying Israel had successfully "removed the Iranian nuclear threat on Israel, the region and the free world."

Herzog thanked the parties involved in Israel's military operation: the country's political leaders, the Israeli military, US President Trump, and the US Air Force.

"It's so tragic that it has to do with such a heavy loss, but historically speaking it's a major step forward," he added.

In a later post on X, Herzog said he gave his condolences to the families of the four Israelis killed overnight in the city.

He added that he hopes Israel can move past "internal power struggles" and turn the moment into one of "goodwill" and "national agreements on painful issues".

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A delicate ceasefire between Israel and Iran came into effect in the early hours of Tuesday. As both sides accuse each other of violating the agreement, let's take a look at what we've learned this morning.

• Donald Trump has expressed anger at both sides, accusing Iran and Israel of violating the ceasefire brokered by the US and Qatar
• Trump said neither side "knows what ... they're doing" - unusually using an expletive while speaking to reporters
• The US president also said he does not want to see regime change in Iran, after previously floating the idea

• Israel said it hit a radar array near Tehran, but turned its war planes around after PM Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Trump by phone
• Netanyahu's office accused Iran of violating the ceasefire three times with missile attacks - Iran has denied this
• Meanwhile, Iran's health minister says 606 people have been killed in 12 days of Israeli attacks, although independent groups estimate the death toll to twice this

• Four Israelis were killed after a pre-ceasefire strike by Iran in Beersheba, taking the total number of Israelis killed in Iranian attacks to 28

We can bring you images now from the streets of Iran and Israel in the early hours of the ceasefire.

These two images were taken in Tehran:

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And the two images below show the streets in Tel Aviv today.

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Parizad Nobakht
BBC Persian

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While attention remains fixed on the US-brokered ceasefire between Iran and Israel, reports from inside Iran suggest a growing climate of fear and repression.

As the fighting subsides, analysts and activists warn, Tehran may move swiftly to reassert control at home, especially after Israel’s apparent success in infiltrating Iran’s security apparatus.

The scale of those intelligence breaches has triggered widespread paranoia within Iran’s ruling circles.

Today, the prosecutor of Kermanshah province announced that 115 people have been arrested for “disturbing security”. That includes a European citizen charged with espionage.

Hamidreza Karimi said “a small number” of the detainees face spying accusations, while most are accused of “propaganda against the system.”

At least three people have been executed in recent days.

Dozens more have been detained across multiple cities on similar charges, often linked to social media activity or suspected espionage.

A spokesperson for the country's judiciary says Iran’s parliament has eased legal restrictions on prosecuting espionage, allowing authorities to punish “infiltrators and spies” more swiftly and severely.

“Under the previous law,” he says, “many of those arrested during the war with Israel could not have been tried. Now the parliament has opened our hands to deliver exemplary punishments.”

Every step in ceasefire is fraught with complicationpublished at 14:14 British Summer Time 24 June

14:14 BST 24 June

Gary O'Donoghue
Chief North America correspondent

Things are changing by the minute.

We saw Donald Trump leaving the White House for the Nato summit, furious with Israel about its actions after he announced a ceasefire on his social media platform last night.

But shortly after boarding Air Force One, he posted again: the ceasefire was back on. Israeli planes were turning around, he claimed, and would perform a “friendly plane wave” as they left Iranian airspace – whatever that might be.

Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken. Reports suggest that the president was “exceptionally firm and direct” with the Israeli prime minister. Ceasefires often begin messily, and the White House will be hoping things settle down.

But many hopes have lived and died in the Middle East, as we know. A ceasefire is not the same thing as peace, and that will require negotiation. What shape that takes and what its goals are will be highly contentious.

There’s the question of Iran’s supposed 400kg of enriched uranium. The US and Israel will no doubt want inspectors on the ground to assess how many years they’ve put back the machinery by at the nuclear facilities.

Every step here is fraught with complication – and opportunities for the whole thing to break down again.

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Trump has been speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One as he travels to a Nato summit in the Netherlands.

Asked if he wants to see regime change in Iran, the president says: "No. If there was, there was, but no I don't want it. I'd like to see everything calm down as quickly as possible."

Trump adds: "Regime change takes chaos, and ideally we don't want to see so much chaos."

Alice Cuddy
Reporting from Beersheba

I’ve been speaking to more people in Beersheba about the impact of this morning’s Iranian strikes and their feelings about the tense ceasefire between Iran and Israel.

"We’re living on the top floor and we were in the safe room - the whole building moved. It wasn’t like something we’d ever experienced before," Amitay Moysa, 49, tells me.

There was one building between his block and the one hit by the missile, which he says kept his family safe.

"It’s stressful, but this is the reality we live in," Amitay says of the current situation and the uncertainty surrounding the ceasefire.

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At a damaged building over the road, I meet Merav Manay as she steps outside for the first time since the strike, saying she had been too scared to leave her home until now.

"It was so strong that we thought it was the end," she says describing the explosion this morning, mimicking how she and her family had covered their heads when they heard the boom.

Asked about whether she supports Israel’s action in Iran, Merav replies: "We knew it would happen sooner or later, so we were prepared."

She says she is unsure whether there really is a ceasefire and if there is, whether it will hold.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
BBC Persian, World Service reporter

I’m hearing from people in Iran’s northern Mazandaran province, who say that they have heard explosions there.

The IRGC-affiliated Fars news agency also says explosions have occurred in the city of Babolsar in Mazandaran province - located to the north of the capital Tehran.

Meanwhile, the semi-official Mehr and ISNA news agencies say that the ceasefire has been “violated” because there have been explosions in Babol and Babolsar cities in Mazandaran, with air defences activated there.

Iranian state TV has also acknowledged explosions in Babolsar. It cites a spokesperson for the the governor of Manzandaran, who says the details of the incident are not yet known.

We heard a few moments ago from the Israeli government that the IDF carried out strikes on a radar array near Tehran. It's not immediately clear if the strike is related to the explosions reported by Iranian media.

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We've just heard from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office, which says Israel has struck a radar array near Tehran in response to "Iran's violations" of the ceasefire.

In a statement, Netanyahu's office says Iran fired one missile at Israel at 07:06 local time (05:06 BST) and two more at 10:25, after the ceasefire had come into effect.

The statement says Israel "refrained from further attacks" after the Israeli PM spoke with US President Donald Trump.

In the call, Trump "expressed his immense appreciation for Israel" which had "achieved all of its war goals", the statement continues.

"The president also expressed his confidence in the stability of the ceasefire," it adds.

Tehran has denied launching new strikes after the ceasefire started.

BBC Persian

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We're getting images from inside the Iranian capital, Tehran, showing some supporters of the Iranian government riding motorcycles and driving cars while holding the flag of the Islamic Republic.

Loud music praising the power of the government is playing from their speakers, footage shows.

Elsewhere, residents are expressing some concern about what comes next.

One man tells BBC Persian he thinks the ceasefire has only been declared to trick Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The plan from Israel and the US is to force "Khamenei out of the hole he’s hiding in, and there is no other reason for it," he says.

"This is because Israel and the US never make any decision without a reason," he adds.

Trump is discovering how tenuous Middle East ceasefires can bepublished at 13:17 British Summer Time 24 June

13:17 BST 24 June

Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondent

On Monday night, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social website to tout a ceasefire that he said would lead to “love, peace and prosperity” for both Iran and Israel.

Tuesday morning, he’s discovering just how tenuous Middle East ceasefires can be.

As reports emerged of Iranian rocket launches and new explosions in Tehran well after the deadline to suspend hostilities, the American president issued an increasingly urgent series of social media posts and gave an expletive-laden warning to both nations from the South Lawn of the White House.

Trump has committed a considerable amount of domestic and international political capital to ensuring that this ceasefire holds and, ultimately, becomes a durable peace.

He put American forces at risk as he made the US an active participant in the conflict. The intense pressure the president is under is apparent in his recent comments.

As Air Force One departed Washington for the president’s trip to a Nato leaders' summit, Trump - having reportedly called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge restraint - again claimed that “the ceasefire is in effect”.

Whether that is still the case when the presidential jet lands in Europe remains to be seen.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Washington DC

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I spend most of my days at the White House, and I’m often part of the press pool or travelling with President Donald Trump on his trips around the US.

Rarely – if ever – have I seen him using the sort of language he used this morning.

Trump tends to reserve his angrier moments for Truth Social. He’s a man who likes to, at least publicly, keep the image of a cool, calculated dealmaker, and on the few occasions I’ve seen him snap in front of the media, it’s been at reporters for “stupid” or “ridiculous” questions.

His use of an expletive in front of the world’s cameras on the South Lawn of the White House are perhaps a sign of how frustrated he’s become with the two warring parties, with Israel seemingly – for now – facing the brunt of his anger.

Trump has repeatedly vowed that he will bring an end to conflicts, including in Gaza and Ukraine.

More recently, we’ve seen him pivot to claim credit for ending fighting between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, and between India and Pakistan. Those conflicts, however, were largely far from the mind of most Americans.

In the eyes of the administration, a ceasefire between Iran and Israel will be – or would have been – a crowning foreign policy achievement that would have allowed him to point to a significant victory, particularly if coupled with an end to Iran’s nuclear programme that was helped along by US bombers.

Already last night, we saw figures from within the White House loudly praise Trump’s “peace”. But for now, he appears to be flustered and angry that it’s not taking place.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have spoken on the phone, according to reports from Israeli media and Axios.

We will bring you more details about their call as we get it.

Trump's gamble that bombs would calm Israel-Iran tensions has not yet paid offpublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 24 June

12:57 BST 24 June

Dan Johnson
Reporting from Jerusalem

This ceasefire felt fragile from the start - announced overnight by Donald Trump, but not initially acknowledged by either Iran or Israel.

The shaky steps towards peace were set back within three hours, when an Iranian missile was reported heading for northern Israel.

Iran says it didn’t shoot, Israel has vowed a forceful response - leaving the US president furious.

Trump has seen how facts on the ground can frustrate his preferred, negotiated outcome.

Announcing a ceasefire on social media is a world away from the reality of Iranians and Israelis who are still at risk of attack.

After the weekend’s strikes, Trump’s brand is stamped firmly on this conflict.

His reputation as a dealmaker is on the line. The gamble that American bombs would bring calm hasn’t yet paid off. Will Israel heed the President’s call to resist further strikes?

The next few hours are critical in determining whether peace has a chance in the days ahead.

Earlier, US President Donald Trump spoke to reporters and gave an update on the ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

Using at times forceful wording, he said he was not happy with either Israel or Iran over what he said were breaches of the agreement he helped to broker.

Warning: The video below contains strong language.

Moments after Air Force One departed with Donald Trump on board, the US president has posted a fresh Truth Social insisting that "the ceasefire is in effect".

Trump writes: "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!"

We can bring you more from Trump's comments on Iran and Israel a little earlier.

The president went on to say that both Iran and Israel violated the ceasefire he announced.

"I'm not sure they did it intentionally," the president says. "I don't like the fact that Israel went out this morning at all. And I'm going to see if I can stop it."

He says Iran "will never rebuild its nuclear" capabilities and adds that he's "not happy with Iran either".

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This post contains strong language.

More now from US President Donald Trump, who says he's "not happy" with Israel.

"There was one rocket that I guess was fired overboard after the time limit and now Israel is going out. These guys [have] got to calm down," he says, speaking to reporters before heading to the Nato summit in The Hague.

He adds that he didn't like "plenty of things" he saw yesterday.

"I didn't like the fact that Israel unloaded right after we made the deal," he says referring to the ceasefire he announced earlier. "They didn't have to unload."

The president continues: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the fuck they're doing."

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US President Donald Trump has just issued a warning to Israel on his Truth Social platform. He says the country should not carry out strikes.

The US president writes: "ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!"

The warning comes after Trump announced a truce between Iran and Israel, which came into effect early this morning. Israel said it had agreed to the proposal, while Iran said it would stop attacking if Israel did the same.

Israel's military subsequently said it had intercepted a missile launched by Iran. Tehran denied fresh attacks.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
BBC Persian, World Service reporter

Iran's health minister says 606 people have been killed in Israeli strikes since 13 June, Iranian media report.

More than 5,000 people have been injured and are receiving medical care, Mohammad Reza Zafarghani says.

The minister also says Iran has seen its worst attacks in the past 24 hours, with 107 people killed.

Because of government restrictions, BBC journalists can't report from inside Iran, so it's hard to verify the scale of the damage.

A human rights group tracking the conflict, Human Rights Activists In Iran, has said the number of people killed is nearly double the official figure.