Trump Announces That His Peace Deal Lives on as Israel Stands Down — ‘The Ceasefire Is in Effect!’

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President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday morning that Israel won’t retaliate against Iran over a missile strike that struck the Israeli city of Beersheba and killed at least four civilians after a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal had gone into effect.

“ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran,” wrote Trump on Truth Social. “Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect! Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.”

The announcement came shortly after Trump had raged at both parties for threatening the fragile peace during a gaggle on the White House lawn, musing that neither side “knows what the fuck they’re doing.”

In another Truth Social post fired off just a little over half an hour before his announcement that Israel would stand down, Trump wrote:

ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS. IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz had initially promised to carry out a “forceful” counteroffensive, targeting what he described as “the heart of Tehran.”