Both Iran and Israel have denied violating a cease-fire deal after it was announced by President Trump Monday evening, despite a night of strikes and counter-strikes in the hours surrounding the time when the truce was set to take effect.
The absence of details regarding the deal, confusing wording in Mr. Trump’s initial announcement on social media and differences in time zones may have contributed to the ambiguity over the precise timing of the cease-fire.
Although both countries presented competing versions of the night’s events, their explanations — and quiet skies over both countries as night fell Tuesday — suggested that they both wanted the cease-fire to hold. Here is what we know about what unfolded overnight.
Lazaro Gamio is a Times graphics editor using data visualization, maps and diagrams to report the news.
Elena Shao is a reporter and graphics editor based in New York.
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