President Donald Trump has said the war between Israel and Iran was set to end.

Trump posted on social media Monday claiming that Israel and Iran reached out to him almost simultaneously about peace between the two regions, as the Israeli military said it had identified missiles launched toward the nation from Iran.

Just a few hours after he announced a ceasefire deal, said in a post on Truth Social: “Israel & Iran came to me, almost simultaneously, and said, ‘PEACE!’ I knew the time was NOW. The World, and the Middle East, are the real WINNERS! Both Nations will see tremendous LOVE, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY in their futures.”
“They have so much to gain, and yet, so much to lose if they stray from the road of RIGHTEOUSNESS & TRUTH. The future for Israel & Iran is UNLIMITED, & filled with great PROMISE. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH!” the president wrote.

According to local media such such CNN is that Trump and a group of his top diplomatic and security officials worked furiously behind-the-scenes to try to broker a peace deal to end the conflict between Iran and Israel in the hours after Iran launched a missile attack on a US base in Qatar.

Moments before Trump’s post, the Israeli military said it had identified missiles launched toward Israel from Iran and said its defensive systems were activated.

Iranian and Israeli media channels are reporting that the ceasefire between their two nations has begun. But confusion still swirls over the ceasefire’ precise details and timing.

In his initial announcement, US President Donald Trump said a ceasefire would begin around six hours from his first social media message announcing the breakthrough, which placed the timing close to 12a eastern time.

Shortly after 12am Eastern Time, Israeli and Iranian media began running headlines saying the ceasefire had begun.

Iran’s Press TV, which is run by Iran’s state-run television operation, said: “Ceasefire begins following four waves of Iranian attacks on Israeli-occupied territories”.

The semi-official Tasnim news agency reported one line on its Telegram channel saying a ceasefire had entered its “enforcement stage”.

Israeli news outlets Channel 12 and Ynet also ran headlines saying the ceasefire had come into effect.

Iran’s state media earlier on Tuesday declared a ceasefire had been “imposed on the enemy” but did not give a precise time.

Israel’s government has yet to make any official comment.