Minutes before the alleged 7 a.m. start of a cease-fire previously promised by US President Donald Trump, an Iranian rocket crashed into a high-rise apartment building in the Israeli city of Beersheba, killing three people, according to Israeli officials.
On June 24, sirens sounded across several areas from 5 to 7 a.m., but details are still unknown from the metropolis of over 214,000 residents in southern Israel.
Trump declared that a “complete and total” cease-fire in the Israeli-Iranian war had been reached and will be implemented gradually.
Trump posted the announcement on his Truth Social platform, saying it would start “approximately” six hours later, which indicated a 7 a.m. start time in Israel.
Israel has not commented on the cease-fire announcement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi appeared to acknowledge that a pause in attacks had was in the works.
Sirens began blaring over the Haifa region at 5:15 a.m. in Israel after the military warned citizens of an incoming missile launch from Iran.
After 6 a.m., the military said another wave of missiles had been launched toward Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Beersheba.
Israeli officials reported that at least three people had been killed and another person was missing when the high-rise building in Beersheba was struck, although details were not immediately available.