Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was a "very difficult day" Wednesday after seven soldiers were killed in combat in Gaza, where Israel's war against Hamas was in its 21st month.

"It is a very difficult day for the people of Israel," Netanyahu wrote on X.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the ceasefire that ended 12 days of war between ally Israel and Iran was going "very well", while leaked U.S. intelligence cast doubt on the damage caused by U.S. strikes to Tehran's nuclear program.

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that "great progress" was being made to end the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza as a new ceasefire push began more than 20 months since the start of the conflict.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said the country "refrained" from further strikes on Iran on Tuesday after he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump in a call.

Israel accused Iran of violating a fragile ceasefire agreement on Tuesday morning by firing two missiles, with Defense Minister Israel Katz immediately promising "to respond forcefully".

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed 25 people waiting for aid in the south of the Palestinian territory in the second such incident on Tuesday, bringing the number of aid seekers killed to 46.

Civil defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal told AFP that 25 people were killed and dozens wounded when "Israeli forces targeted civilian gatherings near Al-Alam and Al-Shakoush areas with bullets and tank shells as they attempted to reach an aid center in northwest Rafah, about two kilometers from a U.S.-backed aid distribution point."

Mediator Qatar’s said Tuesday it was working on resuming Gaza ceasefire talks in days, urging Israel not to exploit a truce with Iran to "unleash everything it wants to unleash" on the blockaded strip.

"We are still continuing our efforts, and God willing, we will try to look for an opportunity during the next two days for having indirect negotiations between the two parties... We hope that the Israeli side will not exploit the ceasefire with Iran to unleash what it wants to unleash on Gaza and continue its bombing of" the strip, said Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani during a joint press conference with his Lebanese counterpart.

An angry Donald Trump berated Iran and Israel Tuesday for violating a ceasefire deal, adding that he was "really unhappy" with Israel in particular.

The two countries have been "fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the fuck they're doing, do you understand that?" the U.S. president told reporters at the White House, hours after he had said a ceasefire between the two arch-foes had taken effect.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Tuesday that they had taught Israel an "unforgettable lesson" with a last-minute missile salvo fired just before a ceasefire deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump was meant to take effect.

The Guards said in a statement that "in the final moments before the ceasefire was imposed on the enemy", they had struck "military and logistical centers of the Zionist regime across the occupied territories (Israel) with 14 missiles, delivering a historic and unforgettable lesson to the Zionist enemy".

Israel warned its public to take shelter after detecting missile launches from Iran early Tuesday. The launches came after 4 a.m. local time in Tehran, the time Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran would stop its attacks if Israel ended their airstrikes.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a "complete and total ceasefire" to be phased in over 24 hours. It is unclear yet how the latest developments will impact possible ceasefire agreements.

Iran's top security body on Tuesday said the Islamic republic's forces had "compelled" Israel to "unilaterally" cease fire, adding that they remained "on high alert" to respond to "any act of aggression".

Referring to a "divine gift", the Supreme National Security Council said Iran's actions against Israel led to "victory and triumph that compelled the enemy to regret, accept defeat, and unilaterally halt its aggression".