Iran’s hardliners accept a precarious truce, for now
Missiles hit Israel shortly after Trump announced a ceasefire
FOR HOURS after Donald Trump announced a ceasefire, Iran and Israel continued to attack each other. Israel struck Iran’s remaining missile-launchers and assassinated another nuclear scientist. An Iranian missile penetrated Israel’s air defences and hit a housing estate, killing at least four people. The regime denied it had made a deal with America but said it would wind down fighting if Israel did.
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