Israel defence minister accuses Iran of violating ceasefire

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Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday (June 24) he had ordered the military to strike Tehran in response to what he said were missiles fired by Iran in a violation of the ceasefire announced hours earlier by US President Donald Trump.  Iran denied violating the ceasefire.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday he had ordered the military to strike

00:05Tehran in response to what he said were missiles fired by Iran in a violation of the ceasefire

00:11announced hours earlier by U.S. President Donald Trump. Iran denied violating the ceasefire.

00:17The Armed Forces General Staff denied that there had been any launch of missiles towards

00:21Israel in recent hours, Iran's Noor News reported. The developments raised early doubts about the

00:27ceasefire, intended to end 12 days of war. Hours earlier, Trump had posted on Truth Social,

00:37The ceasefire is now in effect. Please do not violate it. The full extent of the damage from

00:44Iran's attacks on Israel is not known due to military censorship rules, but at least 50 impacts

00:50have been acknowledged nationwide, and 28 people have died, according to official figures.

00:56Israeli strikes on Iran have killed more than 400 people, Iran's health ministry has said.

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