Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has alleged that Iran has violated the cease agreement barely two hours after it came into effect.
Tehran has however denied carrying out any such strikes.
Following the alleged strikes by Iran, Katz issued a statement, saying he has ordered the Israel Defense Forces to “respond forcefully to Iran’s violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran”.
The Israeli military says it has identified missiles launched from Iran adding that air defence systems are “operating to intercept the threat” and telling people to go into shelters and stay there until further notice.
Overnight both sides exchanged fire, with Tehran residents telling BBC Persian they have witnessed one of the heaviest rounds of attacks by Israel. Local officials say nine people have been killed in northern Iran.
“Do not drop those bombs,’ Trump warns Israel after it vows ‘powerful strikes’ on Iran.”
Reacting to the development, US president Donald Trump urged Israel not to carry out its threat saying, further strikes would be a “major violation” of a ceasefire agreement he announced between the two countries.
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”.
“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.”
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!”