Iran says five inmates where killed and several others escaped from Tehran’s Evin prison after an Israeli airstrike last month.

Israel had already destroyed Iran’s air defenses and taken control of its skies. President Donald Trump claimed that the air strikes he ordered “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear ambitions, which they probably didn’t.

More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade.

Lebanon has no plans to have normal relations with Israel at the present time, and Beirut’s main aim is to reach a “state of no war” with its southern neighbor, the country’s president said Friday.President Joseph Aoun’s comments came as the Trump administration is trying to expand the Abraham Accords signed in 2020 in which Israel signed historic pacts with United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

The European Union and Israel have agreed on a deal to allow more food, fuel and other vital aid into the starvation-gripped Gaza Strip, with an E.U. presence at border crossings, European and Israeli officials said Thursday.

Nasser hospital in Khan Younis has a critical shortage of fuel and had to stop admitting patients after Israeli tanks advanced nearby on Thursday.

The longtime enemies have opened contacts, reflecting a power shift across a Middle East in which they have newfound common ground: antipathy for Iran.

If the Trump administration truly wants peace, it must stop playing diplomat and start acting like an ally—because in this neighborhood, hesitation is an invitation to chaos.