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Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on June 24, 2025. | AFP photo.

Israel said on Tuesday that it had agreed to ‘bilateral ceasefire’ with Iran proposed by US president Donald Trump, following 12 days of war with its arch-foe.

‘Last night, prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened the cabinet to announce that Israel had achieved all the objectives of Operation ‘Rising Lion’ and much more,’ the government said in a statement, adding that it had removed ‘an immediate dual existential threat: nuclear and ballistic’.


‘Israel thanks president Trump and the United States for their support in defence and for their participation in removing the Iranian nuclear threat,’ the statement said, adding that ‘Israel will respond forcefully to any violation of the ceasefire.’