A rare bit of calming news from the Middle East: It seems that neither Israel nor Iran wants to widen the war. The odds of a direct conflict between the region’s two most powerful countries seemed high for much of this month. On April 1 , Israel attacked Iran’s consulate in Syria, killing seven senior officers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. On April 13 , Iran retaliated by launching a massive, multipronged attack—more than 300 missiles and drones, including 110 ballistic missiles—