AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari A man passes by a destroyed car and shop on a commercial street that was hit by Israeli airstrikes in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon, Thursday.

Iran launched more missiles at Israel and U.S. bases as the war in the Middle East entered a sixth day. Israel announced multiple incoming attacks early Thursday and said it was intercepting the missiles. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said it began new strikes against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. At least eight people were killed there late Wednesday into Thursday according to Lebanon’s Health Ministry and the state news agency.

Tehran has warned of the destruction of the Middle East’s military and economic infrastructure, and the war has rattled financial markets, with most taking their cues from what the price of oil is doing. Early Thursday, oil prices resumed their ascent. The war has killed at least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 70 in Lebanon and around a dozen in Israel, according to officials in those countries. Six U.S. troops have been killed.

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations said Thursday it is too soon for diplomacy, as calls grow to end the widening war with Iran. Danny Danon told reporters Israel must first eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, ballistic missiles, regional proxies and naval threats. “I think diplomacy will come into action — not yet, not yet,” Danon said. “We have to finish the job.”

He said Israel must continue “to hammer, to dismantle” Iran’s capabilities before turning to diplomacy, adding that he expects the war to last days or weeks, not months. Danon also said the 2015 Iran nuclear deal failed and that new “effective mechanisms” are needed to prevent Iran from becoming a threat again.

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US Embassy in Pakistan issued a security alert ahead of possible protests

The alert did not specify the cause of today’s anticipated demonstrations, but comes days after Pakistani demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. consulate, leading to violent clashes in Karachi and elsewhere that left 22 people dead. The embassy’s warning Thursday restricts the movement of its personnel nationwide.

President Trump says he wants to be involved in picking the next Iranian leader. Trump in an interview with the news outlet Axios said he wants to be involved in selecting Iran’s next leader and called Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s son an “unacceptable” potential pick. “Khamenei’s son is unacceptable to me,” Trump said of Mojtaba Khamenei, the 56-year-old son of the supreme leader killed on the first day of the war. Trump added, “We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran.”

The president also derided him as “a lightweight.” “I have to be involved in the appointment, like with Delcy in Venezuela,” said Trump, referring to the acting president in the South American country, Delcy Rodríguez, who took power after Trump had the U.S. military capture Nicolás Maduro to face U.S. drug conspiracy charges.

Bahrain says an Iranian missile hit a state-run oil refinery

Bahrain said the fire Thursday night was extinguished without injuries and the refinery was still working. But it marked yet another Iranian strike targeting the region’s oil industry, the lifeblood of the Gulf Arab states. Air raid sirens sounded across Bahrain earlier Thursday, with residents urged to seek shelter, and mobile phones had alerted people in Dubai of possible missile fire from Iran. Authorities in the tiny Gulf nation said a facility in the oil refining and factory town of Maameer had suffered minor damage, with no casualties.

Bahrain’s defense ministry said its forces intercepted 75 Iranian ballistic missiles, destroying 65 while 10 fell inside its territory. It also reported intercepting 124 drones, downing 88 while 36 landed within the country.

Around 20,000 Americans have left the Middle East, State Department says and nearly all made their own way out, without government assistance. The department said the first charter flight it arranged for private citizens who want to leave departed Wednesday, with several more expected Thursday. Officials did not say where they would depart, but the department asked Americans in Bahrain, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to fill out an online form for information.

Officials said they have responded to requests for information from more than 10,000 Americans in the region, but did not say how many want to leave. Americans seeking help were urged to contact an emergency task force at +1-202-501-4444.

Iranians trickle across the border with Turkey