The Israeli military says it has killed Ali Shadmani - Iran's most senior military commander, and "the closest figure to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei".

Hostilities between Israel and Iran have entered the fifth day after Israel refused any diplomatic overtures from Iran overnight to stop the ongoing conflict. In response, The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued an evacuation directive,

Critical energy infrastructure in Israel and Iran has not escaped unscathed from the first few days of the countries' escalated conflict. Worst-case scenarios have yet to be realized, but the war is already having a notable impact on energy production and exports in both countries.

President Donald Trump urged civilians living in Tehran to evacuate the Iranian capital "before there is nothing left."

Trump issued a warning that "everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran," without offering any details on why.

The Group of Seven nations expressed support for Israel in a statement issued late on Monday and labeled its rival Iran as a source of instability in the Middle East, with the G7 leaders urging broader de-escalation of hostilities in the region.

"Israel is being assisted this way or that way by some Iranians," ex-Israeli National Security chief Giora Eiland told Newsweek.

This was how a 22-year-old MBBS student from Hyderabad, studying at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, described the night of June 13.