Iranian missile strikes kill 4 in southern Israel as ceasefire deadline is reached

Iranian state television reported Tuesday that a ceasefire had begun in its war with Israel, even as Israel warned the public of a new missile barrage launched from Iran. The launches came after 4 a.m. local time in Tehran, the time Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran would stop its attacks if Israel ended their airstrikes. At least four people were killed in the early morning barrages, but there was no immediate word of further attacks. Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue services said at least eight more people were injured in the early morning barrage. Waves of missiles sent Israelis to bomb shelters for almost two hours in the morning. Trump’s announcement that Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” came soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar , retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites . Israel so far has not acknowledged the Trump ceasefire announcement. The Israel Airports Authority said the barrages from Iran forced them to close the skies to all passenger planes, includingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times