Pakistan's army said on Tuesday that more than 50 people were killed in last week's military clashes with India which ended in a ceasefire agreed by the nuclear-armed neighbours, restoring peace to their border.

Some details are clouded by contradictory statements and disinformation. But a pattern of rapid escalation brought the conflict to the brink of catastrophe.

A tense silence settled over India and Pakistan as millions woke Thursday: no more missiles had been fired, schools in most areas had reopened and both sides appeared to be claiming victory.

Pakistan's army announced on Tuesday a new death toll of 40 civilians and 11 military service members killed last week in the country's worst confrontation with India in decades. The nuclear-armed South Asian neighbors engaged in four days of tit-for-tat strikes that threatened to escalate into all-out war before United States President Donald Trump announced on Saturday a ceasefire he claimed that Washington brokered.

A series of military strikes last week by India and Pakistan brought the nuclear-armed rivals closer to a broader war.

India and Pakistan agreed to an immediate ceasefire mediated by the US, though each of the nuclear-armed powers soon accused the other of violating the truce.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has confirmed there were no radiation leaks from any nuclear facilities in Pakistan amid the recent military escalation with India. This clarification follows speculation linking India’s Operation Sindoor to potential nuclear site strikes near Kirana Hills.

The ceasefire had been expected to bring a swift end to weeks of escalating clashes triggered by the mass shooting of tourists last month that India blames on Pakistan.

India’s missile and bomb strikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir have prompted multiple attacks in retaliation between the nuclear-armed neighbors to the point that some are no

Also in the Middle East, the 1973 Battle of El Mansoura, between Egypt and Israel, lasted just under an hour and involved up to 164 Israeli planes and 62 Egyptian aircraft. Israel suffered the heavier losses in terms of planes, according to Norwich University, though later turned the 1973 Middle East War.

How internal politics in both countries could escalate the conflict in the wake of a tourist massacre in Kashmir.

India and Pakistan have been pushed a step closer to war after a gun massacre of tourists on April 22, their most serious confrontation in decades.