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A missile was intercepted over Qatar yesterday after Iran said it had targeted a U.S. base there.Credit…Yousef Masoud for The New York Times

Early this morning, Iranian state television announced a cease-fire with Israel, hours after President Trump said the two countries had agreed to one. Israel had no immediate comment, but it said the Iranian military was continuing to launch missiles at it.

As of earlier this morning, Israeli missiles were still striking Iran. It’s not unusual for two adversaries to exchange fire in the early hours of a cease-fire before a total pause takes effect. Here’s the latest.

Late on Monday, Iran fired missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the largest American military installation in the Middle East, in retaliation for the recent U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities. But it gave advance notice of the attack, a sign that Iran was looking for an off-ramp from the confrontation.

Quotable: “It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE,” Trump wrote on social media. He said it would not take place until both countries had “wound down” military missions still in progress, which he said would unfold in phases over a day.

Camp Lemonnier, an American military base in Djibouti where migrants were sent after the Trump administration sought to deport them to South Sudan.Credit…Getty Images

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