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Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Israel’s strikes on Iran are “a threat to people everywhere” and show that “there is no telling where the borders of this battleground will end.”

“Today, that world is in moral decline,” Abdullah said in an address to European Union lawmakers in Strasbourg, France. “A shameful version of our humanity is unfolding before our eyes in real time, and our global values are unravelling at a shocking pace with devastating consequences. Nowhere is that clearer than in Gaza.”

The monarch who has been criticized in some quarters for not doing enough to support Palestinians, who make up half of his population of 11.5 million, added that Israel’s war “defies international law, moral standards, and our common values.”

“If our global community fails to act decisively, we become complicit in rewriting what it means to be human,” he said. “And now with Israel’s expansion of its offensive to include Iran, there is no telling where the boundaries of this battleground will end. That, my friends, is a threat to people everywhere.”

Israel had “no choice” but to attack Iran because it was “rushing” to obtain nuclear weapons, the country's president said today.

Issac Herzog made the comments in an interview with NBC News' British broadcasting partner Sky News on Tuesday, as both sides launched fresh strikes at each other.

An Iranian missile slipped through Israeli air defenses this morning and smashed into a bus terminal north of Tel Aviv.

The missile dug a deep crater in the upscale suburb of Herzliya and charred the area, where a video verified by NBC News showed firefighters dousing a bus that was on fire.

A massive smoke cloud was seen billowing from the terminal, which Deputy Police Commissioner Tzachi Sharab said would require “a bit more time until it is extinguished.”

There were no casualties, he said.

As the conflict continues to escalate, many Iranians are now rallying around the flag as explosions continue to rock the capital Tehran, Mohammad Eslami, a research fellow at Tehran University, told NBC News.

“Most of the people they aren’t criticizing the government because this war wasn’t started by the government, it was started by the Israelis,” he said, adding that many rejected coordinated efforts between the U.S. and Israel.

“The most important thing Iranians are thinking about the motherland,” he said.

Eslami, like many of his fellow Tehranis, said he was planning to leave the city after hearing 10 explosions near his home overnight.

The city has not yet experienced any food shortage or power outage, he said. But he added that the unreliable internet connection was an attempt by the government to “limit the connection between Israelis and maybe their agents inside Iran.”

China has urges its citizens today to leave Israel “as soon as possible” via land borders as the conflict grows “more severe.”

The Chinese Embassy in Israel said in a statement that Israeli airspace was still closed so it recommended that citizens crossed over the northern border with Jordan.

Beijing has also urged both Israel and Iran to “continue to maintain close contact” with Chinese nationals and organizations and assist their evacuation.

American ships have also been used to defend against Iranian missiles aimed at Israel as well as ground-based interceptors, two U.S. officials confirmed to NBC News.

But they said the total number of U.S. interceptions has been relatively low so far.

A passenger on a flight over Saudi Arabia yesterday captured Iranian missiles launched towards Israel overnight.

Smoke trails are seen behind the missiles as they fly towards Israel, the video verified by NBC News showed. The camera pans to the in-flight entertainment panel in front of the passenger, showing the plane flying east towards Dubai.

Another passenger posted a similar video, where over a dozen shimmering missiles can be seen across the horizon. “They are ascending,” the person says in the video in Arabic.

President Donald Trump arrived back in Washington just before 5 a.m. ET after departing early from the Group of Seven summit in Canada to focus on the Israel-Iran conflict.

Speaking to reporters during the flight from Calgary, Alberta, Trump again disputed the assertion by French President Emmanuel Macron that he had left the G7 summit to work on a truce between the warring nations.

"We’re looking at better than a ceasefire,” said Trump, who has asked that the National Security Council be ready in the Situation Room, a U.S. official told NBC News.

Asked what would be better than a ceasefire, Trump said, “A real end. Not a ceasefire, an end.”

He said there was no threat behind his earlier call for Tehran’s 10 million people to evacuate the Iranian capital, and that “I just want people to be safe.”

But Iran “just can’t have a nuclear weapon,” Trump said, repeating earlier comments that it might have avoided the Israeli attack if it had agreed on a deal to limit its nuclear ambitions.

Shortly after landing, Trump made similar comments in a post on Truth Social, saying he had not reached out to Iran for peace talks “in any way, shape, or form.”

“If they want to talk, they know how to reach me,” he said. “They should have taken the deal that was on the table — Would have saved a lot of lives!!!”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he has directed the deployment of "additional capabilities" to the U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility, which includes the Middle-East.

"Protecting U.S. forces is our top priority and these deployments are intended to enhance our defensive posture in the region,” he said this morning in a post on X.

His comments came after two U.S. officials confirmed to NBC News that the Pentagon was expediting the deployment of an additional aircraft carrier and other ships to the Middle East.

The USS Nimitz and its attending ships, now in Asia, are being sent to the Middle East “without delay,” one of them said.

Traffic out of Tehran has eased, and most of those who intended to leave the Iranian capital to avoid Israeli missile strikes have already done so after spending hours stuck in traffic. Many have headed north, where they have homes or places along the Caspian Sea.

The atmosphere in the city is calm, although strange. Supermarkets are seeing a rush of customers, bakeries and grocery stores are packed. While essentials are still available, long lines are the norm even for basic items such as fruit.

Gas stations also remain busy, but the situation has improved compared with the chaos of recent days.For a nation of nearly 90 million people, life has shifted rapidly and visibly.

An Israeli airstrike targeted the Farabi Hospital in the western city of Kermanshah, badly damaging its facilities, the Iranian Red Crescent said.

The person speaking in the video can be heard saying that a specialized ward and the hospital’s intensive care unit were severely damaged. Iranian media reported that several patients were injured in the attack.

Pakistan will not retaliate on Iran's behalf were it to be attacked by an Israeli nuclear weapon, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar told the country's parliament today.

Pakistan's nuclear deterrent capabilities are for its "own security and stability," he said.

His comments came after reports online that claimed Pakistan would attack Israel with a nuclear weapon if Iran were attacked.

Israel estimated to have around 90 nuclear weapons, although it has never publicly admitted this.

“Advanced capabilities used in the operation led to accurate hits on targets” despite “full American and Western support and the regime’s access to the latest defense technologies,” the statement said.

The IRGC did not provide details or evidence of the claim, but said the strikes would continue until they achieve "the complete dismantling " of the Israeli government.

Among the areas affected by Iranian missile strikes on Israel was Herzliya, a city north of Tel Aviv on Israel's central coast.

Israel said it had launched several “extensive” strikes overnight on military targets in western Iran.

The Israel Defense Forces said in a statement that it had struck surface-to-surface missile storage and launch infrastructure, as well as surface-to-air missile launchers and drone storage sites.

A black-and-white video released by the IDF appeared to show multiple sites being destroyed by Israeli strikes.

Yesterday, Israel attacked the Tehran headquarters of Iran’s state broadcaster while it was live on air, calling it a “propaganda and incitement broadcasting authority” for the Iranian government. At least one employee was killed, Iranian state media reported, in what the Iranian foreign minister called a “wicked act of war crime.”

Israel’s air force said it had intercepted about 30 drones that Iran fired at Israel overnight, as the conflict between the two countries stretched into its fifth day with few signs of relenting.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had said its drone and missile attacks against Israel would go on “continuously until dawn.”

Despite the threat, the night passed with Iran firing relatively fewer missiles — and subsequently with fewer casualties among Israelis — compared with the previous several days of back-and-forth air assaults.

Iran fired fewer than 10 missiles at Israel, setting off air raid sirens in the greater Tel Aviv area and the northern part of the country.

One missile hit an empty bus in central Israel, according to the area’s mayor, but there were no casualties. The Israel Defense Forces later said it was safe for residents to leave shelters across the country.

Israel’s military said it had killed Maj. Gen. Ali Shadmani, Iran’s most senior military commander, days after killing his predecessor.

The IDF said in a statement that Shadmani was killed in an overnight strike on a staffed command center “in the heart of Tehran” amid a “sudden opportunity.”

His death “adds to a series of eliminations of Iran’s most senior military leadership and degrades the chain of command of the Iranian armed forces,” the IDF said.

There was no immediate comment from Iran.

The IDF said Shadmani commanded both the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian army, and was the closest figure to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. He was appointed by Khamenei after the death on Friday of Maj. Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid.

Back-and-forth attacks between Israel and Iran continued into a fifth day, with Iranian state media reporting explosions and heavy air defense fire in Tehran and Israeli authorities saying missiles had been launched from Iran.

Three people were killed and four injured at a checkpoint in the Iranian city of Kashan, state media reported.

Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv after midnight; the Israeli military said it had intercepted about 30 drones as well as most of the approximately 30 missiles launched by Iran. According to Israel’s Magen David Adom emergency service, about 10 people were injured on their way to shelters.

The military advised the public in the morning local time that they could leave shelters across the country.

Trump said his early departure from the Group of Seven summit in Canada had “nothing to do” with a potential ceasefire between Israel and Iran, disputing assertions by French President Emmanuel Macron that the U.S. president had made a proposal.

“There is indeed an offer to meet and exchange. An offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kick-start broader discussions,” Macron told reporters at the G7 summit in Canada.

Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform that Macron was wrong.

“He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that,” he said.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said earlier in a post on X that Trump was leaving the summit “because of what’s going on in the Middle East.”

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and the embassy branch in Tel Aviv will remain closed for another day as military strikes between Israel and Iran continue, the State Department said.

U.S. government employees in Israel are being told to shelter in place even as some — including family and non-emergency employees — have been authorized to leave the country.

The diplomatic mission to Israel said it could not help Americans who want to leave, and it noted that Ben Gurion Airport and Israel’s seaports remained closed.

The State Department said U.S. citizens in Iran, with which Washington does not have diplomatic relations, “face serious, increasing dangers” and should depart immediately. If they are unable to do so, they should “be prepared to shelter in place for extended periods,” the department said.

Trump and other leaders of the Group of Seven nations said that Israel has a right to defend itself and that Iran is the “principal source” of regional instability as they called for peace in the Middle East.

“Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror,” the group, which is meeting in Canada, said in a statement. “We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”

The group also affirmed “the importance of the protection of civilians” and called for a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the region, including a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

A White House official had told NBC News earlier that Trump would not sign the statement. The president is headed back to Washington after leaving the summit early to focus on the Israel-Iran conflict.