from ZeroHedge:
Update(0320ET): As the US- and Qatar-brokered ceasefire deadline closed in, Israel and Iran exchanged lethal blows overnight, with Israel hitting various targets in Iran, killing nine people in northern Iran and reportedly assassinating yet another nuclear scientist, while Iran killed at least five Israelis in a devastating hit on an apartment tower. At eight minutes after midnight in Washington, President Trump used his Truth Social account to announce the ceasefire was in effect, and to urge continued compliance:
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Note that no broad peace deal has been made — only a suspension of hostilities that Trump seemingly hopes will prove long-lasting. After hours of silence, Israel on Tuesday morning confirmed it was a party to a ceasefire, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office saying “Israel [has] achieved all of the objectives of Operation Rising Lion, and much more.” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi confirmed Iran has “no intention to continue our response [to Israel’s initiation of war]…provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people.”
Israel claimed Iran fired missiles after the deadline, an accusation Araghchi refuted in an X post:
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