DUBAI, United Arab Emirates 鈥� A fragile appeared to hold Tuesday after initially faltering, and U.S. President Donald Trump expressed frustration with both sides, saying they fought "for so long and so hard" that they don't know what they're doing.
Israel earlier accused Iran of launching missiles into its airspace after the truce was supposed to take effect, and the Israeli finance minister vowed that 鈥淭ehran will tremble.鈥�
The Iranian military , state media reported, but explosions boomed and sirens sounded across northern Israel in the morning, and an Israeli military official said two Iranian missiles were intercepted.
Trump told reporters at the White House before departing for a NATO summit that, in his view, both sides violated the nascent agreement. He had particularly strong words for Israel, a close ally, while suggesting Iran may have fired on the country by mistake.
But later he said the deal was saved.
鈥淚SRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly 鈥楶lane Wave鈥� to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!鈥� Trump said on social media.聽
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said he held off on tougher strikes against Iran after speaking to Trump.
Later, Netanyahu said Israel鈥檚 war against Iran brought the country's nuclear program 鈥渢o ruin.鈥�
Speaking in a televised statement, he listed Israel鈥檚 achievements in the war, including its attacks on top generals and nuclear scientists. He said Israel destroyed nuclear facilities in Natanz and Isfahan, along with the Arak heavy water reactor.
鈥淔or dozens of years, I promised you that Iran would not have nuclear weapons and indeed聽鈥� we brought to ruin Iran鈥檚 nuclear program,鈥� Netanyahu said.
A new U.S. intelligence report found Iran鈥檚 nuclear program was only set back a few months, according to two people familiar with the early assessment, and was not 鈥渃ompletely and fully obliterated鈥� as Trump says.聽
The early intelligence report issued by the Defense Intelligence Agency on Monday contradicts statements from Trump and Netanyahu about the status of Iran's nuclear facilities. The people were not authorized to address the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
According to the people, the report found that while the Saturday strikes at the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites did significant damage, they were not totally destroyed.
The intelligence assessment was first reported by CNN on Tuesday.
The conflict, now in its 12th day, targeting Iranian nuclear and military sites, saying it could not allow Tehran to develop atomic weapons and that it feared the Islamic Republic was close. Iran has long maintained that is peaceful.
In Israel, at least 28 people have been killed and more than 1,000 wounded in the war. Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 974 people and wounded 3,458 others, according to the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists.
If the truce holds, it will provide a global sense of relief after the by dropping bunker-buster bombs on nuclear sites over the weekend 鈥� a move that risked further destabilizing the volatile region.
Trump phoned Netanyahu after the American bombing on Sunday and told him not to expect additional U.S. military attacks and that he should seek a diplomatic solution with Iran, a senior White House official said.
Trump鈥檚 position was that the U.S. removed any imminent threat posed by Iran, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Israel followed up the U.S. air attacks by expanding the kinds of targets it was hitting.
After Tehran Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, Trump announced the ceasefire.
A protracted conflict could have a broad economic impact if Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, a major shipping channel.
China, which is Iran鈥檚 largest trading partner and only remaining oil customer, condemned the U.S. attacks and said it was concerned about a 鈥渟piral of escalations鈥� without a ceasefire.
Trump suggested the ceasefire would allow Iranian oil to continue to flow, saying on social media that China could keep purchasing crude from Iran.
Rocky start
An Israeli military official who spoke on the condition of anonymity said Iran launched two missiles at Israel hours into the tenuous ceasefire. Both were intercepted, the official said.
Iranian state television reported the military denied firing missiles after the start of the ceasefire 鈥� while condemning Israel for predawn strikes of its own.
One of those attacks killed a high-profile nuclear scientist, Mohammad Reza Sedighi Saber, at his father-in-law鈥檚 residence in northern Iran, Iranian state TV reported.
As Trump spoke to reporters at the White House before departing for , he expressed disappointment with both sides.
Iran 鈥渧iolated it, but Israel violated it too,鈥� Trump said. 鈥滻鈥檓 not happy with Israel.鈥�
鈥淲e basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don鈥檛 know what the (expletive) they鈥檙e doing,鈥� he said.
Later, however, he announced that Israel backed off its threat to attack Tehran and would turn its jets around.
Netanyahu鈥檚 office said Israel struck an Iranian radar site in response to the Iranian missile attack early Tuesday, but Israeli forces held off on something bigger.
Following Trump鈥檚 conversation with Netanyahu, "Israel refrained from additional attacks,鈥� Netanyahu鈥檚 office said.