There are quite a few experts who say the IDF is doing more than any other force in trying to mitigate civilian casualties by dropping leaflets, using loud speakers and evacuating civilians out of zones however these have alerted the terrorists who simply go into hiding or move operations.
Fighting a hardened terrorist in a city is one of the most challenging types of warfare especially a terror organization who willingly use the population as human shields without caring about their well-being.....
It might surprise you that the US military conducted very similar operations in Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Afghanistan and have killed their fair share of civilians in the same manner as a result......
There were reports in Iraq where ISIS locked civilians in a building and then drew the US into blowing up the building by letting it be known via slipped intelligence it was a bomb building site....this sort of thing happened all too often and actually created procedures for US and allied forces to physically recce target sites before they were engaged....ISIS learned this and set up ambushes and IEDs to take out these recce teams.....
Any modern military faces the exact same issues when fighting terrorist groups on their home turf......
It's a down and dirty, unpleasant way of having to fight.
The world mourns the tragic loss of World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza this week.
nypost.com
There is always the sad part of war too.......war in any form.....sucks.....
The UN Secretary-General on Monday condemned the large number of civilian casualties inflicted by Israeli forces amidst their intensifying military campaign in northern Gaza.
news.un.org