In a rare if not unprecedented public display of frustration with Israel by a US president, Donald Trump expressed in no uncertain terms on Tuesday that he was furious at Israel as the ceasefire he announced overnight threatened to unravel.

“I’m not happy that Israel’s going out now,” he told reporters, as Israeli jets were responding to Iranian missile strikes earlier in the day.

“There was one rocket that I guess was fired overboard [by Iran]. It was after the time limit, and it missed its target. And now Israel’s going out. These guys gotta calm down. Ridiculous…”

“Now I hear that Israel just went out because they felt [the deal] was violated by one rocket that didn’t land anywhere,” he repeated. “That’s not what we want, I’ll tell you. And I’m telling you, I’m not happy about that, Israel, either.”

The Israel Defense Forces said two missiles were shot at the country’s north at around 10:30 a.m., some three and a half hours after a mutually agreed ceasefire brokered by the US and Qatar began. The attack on the north followed a deadly Iranian missile strike that killed four people in Beersheba shortly before the truce began.

Trump did not mention the slain Israeli civilians in his tirade, made before he stepped onto his helicopter to head from the White House to the NATO summit in The Netherlands.

The Israeli Air Force ended up carrying out a small strike against an Iranian radar north of Tehran around the time Trump was talking to reporters, Israeli officials confirmed.

Trump also wrote a series of warnings on social media, demanding that Israel turn its planes around. Israel had earlier said it would “forcefully strike the heart of Tehran” after the Iranian missile fire.

“Israel. Do not drop those bombs. If you do it is a major violation. Bring your pilots home, now! Donald J. Trump, president of the United States,” he wrote on Truth Social.

Trump then insisted that “ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran.”

“All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly ‘Plane Wave’ to Iran,” Trump wrote. “Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect! Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

Trump was sending out posts on his Truth Social platform promising that Israel would not strike Iran “after he knew we would attack,” an Israeli official told the Kan public broadcaster.