Pakistan’s embassy in Iran's capital Tehran is organizing evacuations for citizens who want to leave because of the conflict with Israel. (AP video by Tawab Khan)

Whether the U.S. gets more involved than it already is, some members of Congress from both parties argue, should not be up to the President.

The four-day conflict has taken a grim toll, with Iran suffering the brunt of the casualties—at least 224 people dead, including 70 women and children, and 1,277 injured, according to official figures.

What began with Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and other targets has now spiraled into the world’s first full-scale example of what is a “threshold war”.

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As soon as the first attacks happened, the Iranian airspace was deserted and commercial airlines could be spotted avoiding the entire region where missiles could fly. Even Israeli airlines said they had relocated their aircraft to safer countries away from the conflict.

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 and Iran exchanged missile fire for a fifth consecutive day Tuesday, as US President Donald Trump abruptly left the G7 summit and warned Tehran residents to "immediately evacuate" amid rising fears of a wider conflict.