In public, Qatar was insisting on the right to defend itself after Iran attacked a U.S. military site in the emirate. Behind the scenes, it was already mediating a truce between Israel and Iran.

President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a new ceasefire agreement amid back-and-forth attacks from the two nations and on the heels of a retaliatory military strike from Iran to a U.

Israel ceasefire, Donald Trump has revealed that ‘great progress’ is being made in Gaza truce talks. The US president cited the attack on Tehran’s nuclear sites for the progress in negotiations between the Jewish nation and Hamas,