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The U.S. Embassy in Israel is now organizing departures from the country via Jordan as the war in Iran continues.

The embassy is providing bus transport to the Queen Alia airport in Amman via the Jordan River/SHeikh Hussein crossing, according to The Jerusalem Post.

Those seeking to leave the country are called to different rally points in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Before, they must complete an online form. Then they receive a departure date and meeting-point details.

The Trump administration took heat in the early days of the war for not providing more help to citizens that ended up stranded in the Middle East.

The war continues in the meantime. Trump suggested on Monday that the U.S. could control the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway in the Middle East through which a sizable portion of the world energy goes through, along with Iran.

Speaking to press, Trump was asked to elaborate on the notion. "Maybe me. Me and the Ayatollah, whoever the Ayatollah is. There'll also be a form of a very serious form of a regime change," Trump added, noting that most of Iran's top officials have been killed since the war began on February 28.

"Now in all fairness, everybody's been killed from the regime. They're really starting off. There's automatically a regime change," Trump said. He went on to claim that such a scenario represents a form of regime change, and his administration is dealing with new leaders that he finds "to be very reasonable, very solid."

"The people within know who they are. They're very respected. And maybe one of them will be exactly what we're looking for," Trump added. He added that the person in question is not the new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Trump also weighed in on the fate of Khamenei, saying "nobody has heard of the second supreme leader." "We have not heard of him. We don't know if he's living," he added.

Different reports have claimed that U.S. and Israeli intelligence agencies have information suggesting that Khamenei is wounded but alive as Iranian officials continue to request meetings with Khamenei, even if they are unsuccessful due to security concerns.

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