Trump says a ‘total ceasefire’ has been agreed between Israel and Iran

"Congratulations to everyone."

Taking to Truth Social, Trump wrote: "CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!

"Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL.

"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'.

"This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn’t, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!"

At the time of writing there has been no comment from Israel or Iran.

Many are questioning whether Trump is jumping the gun with his ceasefire claims.

Sky News' US correspondent, Mark Stone, has said that Trump 'has a tendency of jumping the gun, sort of jumping people into falling in line with his position'.

Stone says: "This may well be one of those instances. But the tone of his message there certainly suggests that if both sides don't fall into line and effectively do what he is demanding, then all hell will break loose."

This news comes just hours after Iran launched an air strike on US bases in Qatar in retaliation to the US attacking nuclear sites over the weekend.

America directly involved themselves in the war in the Middle East between Saturday night and Sunday morning when they launched an air strike on Iran.

Iran warned of "everlasting consequences" in the aftermath and now they have launched an air strike on US military bases in Qatar.

The attack was first pre-empted by Qatar closing their airspace and then reports of "credible" threat of an Iranian airstrike on US bases.