The ceasefire between Iran and Israel "is in effect" and Israel is not going to attack Iran, Donald Trump declared on Tuesday amid fears that the tenous ceasefire agreement between Iran and Israel will not hold.

Donald Trump said that both Israel and Iran violated the US-proposed ceasefire.

Israel-Iran war updates: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has reportedly picked three successors amid the assassination threats from Israel.

Israel carried out targeted strikes on Iran's defence ministry headquarters in Tehran and other sites linked to its nuclear programme.

Israel strike on Iran live updates: Israeli military said that it continued to launch air strikes on Iran's nuclear and military infrastructure and will do until any threat from Tehran is eliminated.

Netanyahu's office said that since late Thursday he had held calls with the leaders of Germany, India and France, and is expected to speak later to Trump.

A series of threats exchanged between senior military and political officials of Iran and Israel has threatened to destabilise the Middle East further. The latest warning came from Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general Ebrahim Jabbari.