The U.S. has evacuated some 250 American citizens and their immediate family members from Israel by government, military and charter flights that began over the weekend, a State Department official says.
Since June 21, the official says the U.S. has organized seven flights, most of which have to gone to Athens, Greece, but also to Rome, Italy, and Larnaca, Cyprus.
Other Americans, including nonessential embassy staff and their families, have left via land to Jordan and Egypt, while others have departed Israel by ship. The official did not have statistics for those departures, which do not necessarily involve U.S. government assistance.
There are roughly 700,000 American citizens, most of them dual U.S.-Israeli citizens, believed to be in Israel.
Iran’s mission declined to comment on Trump’s ceasefire post, and the Israeli mission said it had no immediate comment.
Meanwhile, Iranian media reported ongoing Israeli airstrikes, including around Tehran.
“It’s a really remarkable achievement,” said Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson. “President Trump deserves all the credit. This is what peace through strength looks like. We haven’t seen this in a while, and it’s really a big sigh of relief here on Capitol Hill.”
The White House reposted Trump’s social media post announcing a ceasefire between Israel and Iran with a photo of the president holding a red hat that says in all caps, “Trump was right about everything.”
Vice President JD Vance says he believes the world will look back at the war between Israel and Iran — and the U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities — as “an important reset moment for the entire region.”
President Donald Trump turns from the podium after speaking from the East Room of the White House in Washington, Saturday, June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military struck three Iranian nuclear and military sites, directly joining Israel’s effort to decapitate the country’s nuclear program, as Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listen. (Carlos Barria/Pool via AP)
Vance appeared on Fox News Channel just minutes after Trump announced a phased-in ceasefire over the next 24 hours.
The vice president says the Trump administration hopes that the Iranians have learned an important lesson: If they want to build a nuclear weapon in the future, “they’re going to have to deal with a very, very powerful American military again.”
Vance says he thinks that will dissuade them not to do it.
Trump’s social media post says the 24-hour phased-in ceasefire will begin at approximately midnight Tuesday EST, giving the two countries six hours to have “wound down and completed their in progress, final missions.”
At that point, he said, Iran will cease attacks, and 12 hours later, Tuesday at noon EST, Israel will also stop strikes, and after 12 more hours “the War will be considered, ENDED!”
There was no immediate reaction from Israel or Iran to Trump’s announcement or the timetable.
Trump said on social media that Israel and Iran have agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” to be phased in over 24 hours.
The U.S. president said on Truth Social that the ceasefire would bring an “Official END” to war, a major change in the hostilities that follows a U.S. strike over the weekend on three Iranian nuclear sites.
“On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR,’” Trump posted.
The State Department has lifted the “shelter in place” warning to Americans in Qatar that it issued earlier Monday ahead of Iranian missile launches at a US military base there in retaliation for weekend U.S. airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
The embassy in Doha, which had also instructed official personnel to stay inside, revoked the guidance in a statement issued late Monday afternoon Washington time after nearly all of the missiles were intercepted and Iran signaled there would be no more.
It noted that Qatari airspace, which had been closed earlier, remained closed and that the security situation in the country could change rapidly.
The draft Security Council resolution, circulated to its 15 members for comments and obtained by The Associated Press, is almost certain to be vetoed by the United States in its present form. It could be changed in negotiations.
It “condemns in the strongest terms the attacks against peaceful nuclear sites and facilities” in Iran under safeguard by the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The draft also calls for “an immediate and unconditional ceasefire” in the Israel-Iran conflict, urgent protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure, and a diplomatic solution to Iran’s nuclear issue that guarantees its “exclusively peaceful nature” in exchange for the lifting of unilateral and multilateral sanctions against Iran.
In a makeshift base on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, more than a hundred reservists have been working around the clock trying to find survivors and dig people out of the rubble after missile strike.
Soldiers said after Iran’s strike on the US base in Qatar they’re on high alert.
“We’re very focused we think there’s going to be a response from Iran, we don’t know what to responses will be,” said Matan Schneider the company’s second in command for the search and rescue team.
Iran fired 19 missiles at the base in Qatar, and one impacted the facility but caused no casualties, a Qatari military officer said late Monday.
Maj. Gen. Shayeq Al Hajri told reporters that seven missiles were fired from Iran and all were intercepted over the water between the two countries by Qatari air defenses. Iran then fired 12 more missiles and 11 were intercepted over Qatari territory, but one hit the U.S. base, Al Hajri said.
It was not immediately clear how much damage was caused by the missile.
The number of missiles differed from a figure given by Trump, who said 14 missiles were fired, 13 were knocked down and one was “set free” because it posed no threat.
President Trump said Iran warned the U.S. before its missile strike Monday on an American air base in Qatar.
“I want to thank Iran for giving us early notice, which made it possible for no lives to be lost, and nobody to be injured,” Trump wrote on social media.
The president expressed hope that the missile would be the end of Iranian retaliation for U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
“Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their ‘system,’ and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE,” he said.
A senior U.S. military official said that earlier reports of a missile launched at a base housing American forces in Iraq on Monday were a false alarm.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly, said that “debris from a malfunctioning Iranian missile targeting Israel targeted an alert” of an impending attack on the Ain al-Assad base housing U.S. troops in western Iraq.
“There was no attack on the base,” he said.
An Iraqi security official said earlier that the Iraqis had been informed by U.S. officials that missiles had been launched toward the base, but that no missiles ever arrived.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II spoke to Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani after the Iranian strike, according to the Jordanian Royal Court.
Abdullah condemned the strike, calling it a violation of Qatar’s sovereignty and of international law. He called for calm in the region.
Jordan is a key U.S. ally in the Middle East.
FILE – Jordan’s King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein attends a military ceremony in Vienna, Oct. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner)
Yaakov Amidror, a former Israeli national security adviser, said the Iranians may have moved it from the heavily-fortified Fordo facility in anticipation of the U.S. attacking it.
Enriched uranium held at the facility was also likely held in “big strong cannisters” and could potentially be retrieved by the Iranians if it survived the bombardment. Uranium in the process of being enriched would have been destroyed by in the bombing, Amridror added.
“I believe that the Iranians were smart enough not to be in the middle of any process, but all the uranium which had been in Fordo was kept in canisters, so it will not (be destroyed),” Amidror told reporters on Monday. “The main concerns of Israel now is the enriched uranium still in the hands of the Iranians.”
The war between Israel and Iran has raised concerns that Iran could retaliate by trying to close the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important oil chokepoint, due to the large volumes of crude that pass through it every day.
The U.S. military’s strike on Iran has raised questions about how its military might respond.
The Strait of Hormuz is between Oman and Iran, which boasts a fleet of fast-attack boats and thousands of naval mines as well as missiles that it could use to make the strait impassable, at least for a time.
About 20 million barrels of oil per day, or around 20% of the world’s oil consumption, passed through the strait in 2024. Most of that oil goes to Asia.
If Iran blocked the strait, oil prices could shoot as high as $120-$130 per barrel, at least temporarily, said Homayoun Falakshahi, head of crude oil analyst at Kpler, in an online webinar Sunday.
That would deal an inflationary shock to the global economy — if it lasted. Analysts think it wouldn’t.
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Secretary-General Antonio is publicly and privately “being supportive of any diplomatic efforts that can be restored,” the U.N. spokesman says.
Asked about France and Russia who have offered to mediate in the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict, spokesman Stephane Dujarric said there are also other countries: “We’ve seen Oman being very productive in that sense, and I think anyone that can help, should help.”
The secretary-general “has condemned every escalation in this conflict,” Dujarric told U.N. reporters Monday.
FILE – U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the United Nations General Assembly, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
“What we need to see is not more missiles going both ways or different ways. What we need to see is, as we said, a return to diplomacy.”
He stressed: “The more we see unilateral use of force, the more we see violations of international law, the riskier the region gets.”
The U.S. military as of early this month about 40,000 servicemembers in the Middle East, many of them on ships at sea as part of a bolstering of forces as tensions rose again in the region, according to the Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations research and policy center.
The U.S. has military sites spread across the region, including in Qatar, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the United Arab Emirates.
Iraq’s foreign ministry said in a statement Monday that “regional crises can only be resolved through dialogue, resorting to diplomatic channels, and avoiding military options, which only bring further escalation and suffering.”
The statement stopped short of condemning the attack by Iran on a U.S. base in Qatar, but said Iraq is “following with deep concern the dangerous and accelerating escalation in the region.”
Baghdad has close ties to both Washington and Tehran and has attempted to strike a delicate balance between them.
Iraq also announced a complete closure of its airspace. Most of the country’s airspace was already closed due to the ongoing Israel-Iran war, but the airport in the southern city of Basra had been open until Monday.
FILE – The Chevron Products Company El Segundo refinery is seen on Oct. 23, 2023, in El Segundo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)
Trump on Monday called for the U.S. and other oil-producing economies to pump more oil as crude prices remain volatile following U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities.
Trump urged stepped-up production as the White House sharpened its warnings to Iran against closing the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil and gas shipping lane, in retaliation for the U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear program.
“To the Department of Energy: DRILL, BABY, DRILL!!! And I mean NOW!!!” Trump posted on social media. He added, “EVERYONE, KEEP OIL PRICES DOWN. I’M WATCHING! YOU’RE PLAYING RIGHT INTO THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY. DON’T DO IT!”
Trump made his call hours before Iran launched attacks on U.S. forces at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base, the country’s first act of direct retaliation against the U.S. after Trump ordered strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran also targeted the Ain al-Assad base housing U.S. troops in western Iraq, an Iraqi security official told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.
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Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, listens to speakers during a press conference in Amman, Jordan, Sunday, June 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
The Arab League chief has expressed his “complete solidarity” with Qatar following Iran’s missile attack, calling it “unacceptable.”
Ahmed Abou-Gheit reiterated his warning about the risks the military escalation poses to the region.
“We remain hopeful that the current confrontation will be contained as soon as possible,” he wrote on X.
Flights are landing and taking off again in the United Arab Emirates, according to a post on X by Flightradar24, which tracks real-time air traffic.
Flightradar24 added that more than 10 flights earlier had to divert from the UAE.
An Iraqi security official told The Associated Press the Iraqis had been informed by U.S. officials that missiles had been launched on Monday toward the the Ain al-Assad base housing U.S. troops in western Iraq. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment publicly.
However, he said, the missiles never arrived. No group claimed responsibility for an attack on the base.
A US military official who also spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment said there was no confirmed attack on the base in Iraq.
“The only confirmed attack on a US base was in Qatar,” he said.
Egypt has condemned Iran’s missile attack in Qatar as a “violation to its sovereignty and a threat to its territorial integrity.”
A statement from the Egyptian foreign ministry expressed concerns about “the rapid grave escalation” in the region and called for a ceasefire to “preserve regional security and peace.”
The United Arab Emirates on Monday condemned “in the strongest terms” Iran’s attack against a U.S. military base in Qatar.
The UAE’s Foreign Ministry said it was a violation of international law and Qatar’s sovereignty and airspace.
Turkey’s Defense Ministry said Turkish military units in Qatar and Iraq were safe and unaffected by the reported missile attacks on U.S. bases there.
The ministry said all security measures were in place and developments were being closely monitored.
Meanwhile, Turkish Airlines cancelled tonight’s flights to Bahrain, Dammam, Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Kuwait and Muscat, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
FILE – Turkish Airlines airplanes are parked at Ataturk International Airport, in Istanbul, Friday, April 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)
French President Emmanuel Macron attends a national security meeting on the crisis between Israel and Iran in the Jupiter room at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Benoit Tessier, Pool via AP)
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed France’s “solidarity” towards Qatar and urged all parties for “de-escalation and return to the table of negotiations,” following the missile attack on a U.S. military base.
In a message posted on X, Macron said “the spiral of chaos must stop.”
French foreign minister Jean-Noël Barrot denounced a “dangerous escalation for which Iran bears a heavy responsibility.”
Speaking on national television France 2, Barrot said there’s “a spiral of violence that puts the region at risk of a generalized conflagration.”
A Defense Department official is confirming a missile attack from Iran on a U.S. military base in Qatar but says no casualties have been reported.
The official said Monday that Al Udeid Air Base was attacked by short-range and medium-range ballistic missiles. The U.S. is continuing to monitor the situation, said the official.
The confirmation came soon after Iran acknowledged the missile attacks, saying the attack in Qatar matched the number of bombs dropped by the United States on its nuclear sites over the weekend, signaling its likely desire to de-escalate.
Saudi Arabia on Monday condemned “in the strongest terms” Iran’s attack against a U.S. military base in Qatar.
The kingdom’s Foreign Ministry described the action as a violation of international law and said it affirmed its “full support” for Qatar.
A Lebanese official told The Associated Press that Prime Minister Nawaf Salam was on his way to Qatar when the country closed its airspace ahead of the Iranian missile attack on Al Udeid base.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said Salam is now in Bahrain.
Bahrain later temporarily closed its airspace due to the firing of missiles.
Egypt’s national airliner, EgyptAir, says it has canceled flights between Cairo and the Arab Gulf countries “until the situation stabilizes in the region.”
FILE – An Emirates plane taxis to a gate at Dubai International Airport at Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 22, 2017. (AP Photo/Adam Schreck, File)
Airports across the Gulf are warning of cancelled, delayed and redirected flights, as planes are turning around from the Gulf, according to flight data.
Planes are redirecting from the United Arab Emirates based on flight paths and air traffic control audio, according to a post on X from Flightradar24, which tracks real-time air traffic.
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council in a statement said: “The base targeted by Iran’s powerful forces was also a significant distance from urban facilities and residential areas in Qatar.”
It added: “This action posed no danger to our friendly and brotherly nation of Qatar and its honorable people. The Islamic Republic of Iran remains committed to preserving and continuing its warm and historic relations with Qatar.”
The Gulf nation of Bahrain that is home to the U.S. 5th Fleet headquarters says it is temporarily suspending flights in its airspace.
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry urged residents to avoid driving on main roads “for public safety” saying they should be kept for official use.
Air raid sirens went off there.
Iran said its Monday night missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar matched the number of bombs dropped by the United States on its nuclear sites this weekend, signaling its likely desire to deescalate.
Iran made the announcement via a statement from its Supreme National Security Council after the attack, which Qatar said caused no injuries.
Iran also said it targeted the base because it was outside of populated areas.
Qatar Foreign Ministry condemned the attack on Al Udeid base by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards calling it “a flagrant violation of Qatar’s sovereignty, its airspace, and international law.”
The ministry added that the continuation of such military activities endangers security and stability of the region.
“We call for an immediate end to all military activities,” Qatar’s foreign ministry said.
Qatar’s Defense Ministry says Iranian strikes on the gas-rich nation did not inflict any casualties.
The ministry added that Qatari forces took part in intercepting Iranian missiles that were directed toward the Al Udeid base that houses U.S. troops.
It added that Qatar’s airspace is now safe.
The quick statement from Qatar Foreign Minister spokesman Majed al-Ansari said that the energy-rich nation “condemns the attack that targeted Al Udeid Air Base by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.”
“We reassure that Qatar’s air defenses successfully thwarted the attack and intercepted the Iranian missiles,” it added.
Qatar said it would push for diplomatic efforts for “a serious return to the negotiating table and dialogue.”
Al Udeid is also home to the Combined Air Operations Center, which provides command and control of airpower across the region as well as the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, the largest expeditionary wing in the world.
Speaking to U.S. troops at the base in May, the president said “my priority is to end conflicts, not start them.”
“But I will never hesitate to wield American power, if it’s necessary, to defend the United States of America or our partners. And this is one of our great partners right here,” referring to Qatar.
“When we’re threatened, America’s military will answer our enemies without even thinking about it. We have overwhelming strength and devastating force.”
Iran said Monday night it attacked American forces stationed at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base.
It made the announcement on state television as martial music played. A caption on screen called it “a mighty and successful response by the armed forces of Iran to America’s aggression.”
The attack came shortly after Qatar closed its airspace as a precaution amid threats from Iran.
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Al Udeid Air Base outside of Doha, Qatar, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
The White House and Pentagon aware of, and closely monitoring, the potential threats to Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, according to a senior administration official. The official was not authorized to comment publicly.
However, its President Masoud Pezeshkian wrote on the social platform X just before the attack: “We neither initiated the war nor seeking it. But we will not leave invasion to the great Iran without answer. With all our being, we will stand by security of the beloved nation and will answer any wound on body of Iran resorting to faith, wisdom and determination. People! God takes care of us.”
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, center, attends a protest following the U.S. attacks on nuclear sites in Iran, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, June 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Explosions boomed in Qatar on Monday night as witnesses said they saw what appeared to be missiles in the skies over the country.
There was no immediate acknowledgment from Qatari authorities of the possible attack.
It came as Qatar closed its airspace amid Iranian threats to retaliate against the United States over its bombing of three Iranian nuclear sites early Sunday.
