Letters to the Editor: Slaughter of the innocents is the new normal

In Iran, as in Gaza, bloody conflict has cost the lives of millions of civilians, especially children

Samia al-Atrash holding the remains of one of her sister's children from the Khoder family, killed in an Israeli bombardment in Rafah in Gaza on October 21, 2023. Picture: Said Khatib/AFP/Getty 

The end of the Cold War should have brought peace and prosperity to most of humanity. Instead, it has brought real bloody hot wars that have cost the lives of millions of civilians especially children.

This slaughter of the innocents has become normalised, and therefore almost justified, in many western media reports.