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US President Donald Trump said Iran was on the backfoot in its four-day-old war with Israel and that Tehran needed to quickly resort to diplomacy.

Israel's leadership had braced for around 5,000 civilian deaths in an all-out war with Iran but has found its foe unable to wreak serious damage, former senior intelligence officer Miri Eisin told Iran International.

Israel's military campaign against Iran is giving its people a chance to topple the Islamic Republic, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Iran International, adding that the ruling system's days were numbered.

Panic-stricken residents began fleeing Tehran on Sunday as Israeli strikes and air defense fire rocked the city, sending thick plumes of smoke into the skyline of a capital unprepared for war.

An exodus of fearful Tehran residents quit the capital in droves as Israel ramped up air strikes and Iran sent another missile barrage into Israel as combat between the two Mideast foes entered a fourth day.

The European Union opened the G7 in Canada on Sunday by chiding Iran as a destabilizing force in the Middle East and urging diplomacy while backing what it called Israel’s right to defend itself.

Israel has targeted Iran’s energy infrastructure in a major escalation that could unleash deep suffering for millions facing fuel and gas shortages.

Israel continued its military campaign against Iran through the weekend and into Monday, launching new strikes across multiple cities, especially the capital Tehran, forcing residents to flee.

Heavy traffic was seen on major highways leading out of Tehran on Sunday, including roads toward Saveh in the southwest and Mashhad in the east, as residents appeared to flee the capital, according to videos received by Iran International.

G7 leaders are arriving today in Alberta, Canada, against the dramatic backdrop of the Rocky Mountains—and an escalating war between Iran and Israel.

Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei was moved to an underground bunker in Lavizan in northeastern Tehran hours after Israel began its attacks on Tehran early Friday, two informed sources inside Iran told Iran International.

Iranian-Israeli residents of Bat Yam south of Tel Aviv woke up to a shocking reality on Sunday morning as overnight bombardments on the coastal town left it the worst-hit in the country since the Iranian bombardments began on Friday.

Saeed Borji, a senior Iranian explosives expert and key figure in Iran’s nuclear-related defense programs, was killed in Israeli airstrikes, having long played a central role in developing detonation systems used in nuclear weapons design.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned on Sunday that an Israeli airstrike on the energy facilities in Assaluyeh, southern Iran, marked a dangerous escalation, potentially drawing the Persian Gulf region and the wider world into war.

As Iran faces its biggest military challenge in decades amid relentless Israeli attacks nationwide and assassinations of its top military leadership, one man stands atop its complex military apparatus.

Israel continued its expansive military campaign against Iran on Saturday, striking energy and military infrastructure across the country, while Iran launched another salvo of missiles into Israeli territory.

Israel bombed Iranian oil infrastructure nationwide on Saturday in an escalation of a campaign it started two days ago which in total has killed over 200 Iranians and 12 Israelis overnight as Tehran kept up missile attacks.

Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart the United States remains open to renewed nuclear negotiations with Iran, but Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran will not return to talks until Israeli attacks stop.

Israel’s ongoing military strikes on Iran—code-named “Rising Lion”—were the result of years of preparation and mark just the beginning of what’s to come, Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli said in an interview with Eye for Iran.

Iran launched over 200 missiles at Israel killing one and injuring at least 60 people after Israeli attacks killed its top military leadership and pounded armed forces and nuclear sites leaving scores of Iranians dead.

Israel’s strikes on Iran recall the surprise attack on Egypt in 1967, but in aim and execution they more closely resemble the recent campaigns against Hamas and Hezbollah that targeted leadership and capabilities to force strategic paralysis.