Overview
- President Trump announced the phased 24-hour truce beginning June 24 with Iran unilaterally stopping strikes at 0400 GMT and Israel following a half-day later
- Qatar’s prime minister played a pivotal role by securing Tehran’s agreement during high-level calls with Iranian officials
- U.S. forces joined Israel’s campaign on June 20 with airstrikes that obliterated key Iranian nuclear facilities using bunker-buster bombs and Tomahawk missiles
- The 12-day conflict inflicted heavy losses, killing at least 974 and wounding 3,458 in Iran and causing 24 deaths and over 1,000 injuries in Israel
- Hours into the truce, Israel reported fresh missile launches from Iran and warned it would respond forcefully to any ceasefire violations