French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump had proposed a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
Speaking to reporters at the G7 Summit, Macron stated, “There is indeed an offer to meet and exchange. An offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kick-start broader discussions.”
On Monday, Israel’s military targeted Iran’s state broadcasting authority with an airstrike, as confirmed by Defence Minister Israel Katz. The strike interrupted a live broadcast, with dust and falling plaster filling the studio. The broadcaster has since resumed its coverage. Earlier on the same day, Iranian missiles struck Israel’s Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa, resulting in at least 11 fatalities.
Israel and Iran exchanged strikes for a third consecutive day on Sunday, leading to the cancellation of previously scheduled US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot expressed that Iran’s nuclear program poses an “existential” threat to the security of both Israel and Europe, emphasizing the necessity of diplomacy to resolve the conflict.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi asserted that Tehran possesses “solid proof” indicating that U.S. forces and bases in the region had supported Israel in its attacks.
In Israel, at least 10 people were killed in overnight Iranian strikes, according to rescue services, bringing the country’s total death toll to 13.
Iranian authorities have not provided an official overall death toll. The closest figure was 78 killed and over 320 wounded, reported by Iran’s ambassador to the UN, though a U.S.-based human rights group stated that at least 406 Iranians had been killed.
