Netanyahu’s ultimate goal in launching the military offensive against Iran remains unclear, whether it was to set back Iran’s nuclear-weapons program significantly, to destroy it entirely, or to foment regime change in Tehran.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the ceasefire with Iran unveiled by President Donald Trump and said he had agreed to it, but warned his country would "respond forcefully to any violation.

After twelve days of intense strikes between Israel and Iran – punctuated by the United States’ bombing of Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend and Tehran’s performative retaliation – a US-brokered ceasefire appeared to be holding on Tuesday.