Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, has secured Iran's agreement to the US proposal for a ceasefire. This was revealed by "Reuters".
The agency cited a well-informed source.
According to him, the phone call with officials in Tehran took place after the Iranian attacks on the US Al Udeid base in Qatar.
Hours earlier, US President Donald Trump told the Qatari emir that Israel had agreed to a ceasefire and asked Doha to help persuade Tehran to do the same, Reuters reported.
For its part, Iran confirmed that it had accepted Qatar to mediate in a peace deal with Israel.
Israel and Tehran have not officially confirmed the ceasefire since Trump announced the deal.
Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli appeared to confirm the ceasefire, thanking Trump and Netanyahu "for the courageous decision they made, which will go down in history as a chapter of faith, courage and moral clarity." in a post on X.
Shortly before the ceasefire was announced, an Iranian official told CNN that Tehran had not received any ceasefire proposals.