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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Israel claimed Tuesday to have killed a top Iranian general as it traded more strikes with its longtime foe, and U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran's residents to evacuate while demanding that Iran surrender without conditions.
Trump left the Group of Seven summit in Canada a day early to deal with the conflict between Israel and Iran, telling reporters: "I'm not looking at a ceasefire. We're looking at better than a ceasefire."
When asked to explain, he said the U.S. wanted to see "a real end" to the conflict that could involve Iran "giving up entirely." He added: "I'm not too much in the mood to negotiate."
Later on social media, he warned Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that the U.S. knows where he is hiding and called for Iran's "UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER." It was not clear whether that was a suggestion for Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions.
Trump posted that there were no plans to kill Khamenei "at least not for now." Despite warning that U.S. "patience is wearing thin," he indicated that diplomatic talks remained an option, and said he could send Vice President JD Vance and special envoy Steve Witkoff to meet with the Iranians.
Iran offered no immediate response to the president's posts, but the country's military leaders vowed that Israel would soon see more attacks.
"The operations carried out so far have been solely for the purpose of warning and deterrence," Gen. Abdul Rahim Mousavi, the commander in chief of Iran's army, said in a video. "The punishment operation will be carried out soon."
Uncertainty roiled the region on the fifth day of Israel's air campaign aimed at Iran's military and nuclear program. Residents of Tehran fled their homes in droves.
Iran did not immediately comment on the reported killing in Tehran of Gen. Ali Shadmani, whom Israel described as the most senior military commander.
Shadmani was little-known in the country before being appointed last week to a chief-of-staff-like role as head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters. The appointment
followed the killing of his predecessor, Gen. Gholam Ali Rashid, in an Israeli strike.