A missile wreckage in Safed, northern Israel. Several missiles from Iran were fired at Israel on Monday evening, triggering air raid sirens in Haifa and dozens of other cities and communities across northern Israel and the occupied Golan Heights, the Israeli military said /DAVID COHEN/JINI VIA XINHUA
The ongoing war between Israel and Iran has exposed the soft underbelly of the United Nations. It has also demonstrated the declining role of diplomacy in promoting global peace.
For the last week, Israeli and Iranian cities have known no peace with rocket fires destroying buildings. It has not been easy to estimate the level of human casualties since the strikes have been incessant and heavy in artillery.
