After months of political turmoil, war and plummeting popularity, Israel's powerful strike on Iran is likely to reframe Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's legacy, allies and analysts say.

The Israeli prime minister said in a statement that his country had "removed itself from an immediate existential double threat."

Several Iranian media outlets reported explosions in northern Iran on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Trump declared a ceasefire “in effect.” Etemad and Ham Mihan of Iran said blasts were heard in Babol and Babolsar,