Did that come to you during one of your.... umm... "episodes"?Israel claims that all males between 14 and 40 are combatants even if they are shopkeepers or farmers. That is why their numbers are higher than everybody elses.,Because of Israeli artillery, mortar or aerial missile fire which struck on or near the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) facilities being used as shelters for Palestinians, and as a result at least 44 civilians, including 10 UN staff, died. During the 2014 Israel-Gaza conflict, many Palestinians fled their homes after warnings by Israel or due to air strikes or fighting in the area. An estimated 290,000 people (15% of Gaza's population) took shelter in UNRWA schools.
To excuse this on the false claim that the United Nations schools were military targets is unacceptable. There are many such examples of Israeli war crimes.
I have found it useful to examine each of these incidents to determine the facts. As Rocco has already said, people tend to use these incidents in emotionally-charged conversations in order to demonize the one side and the entirety of the facts are often neglected.
We can't simply look at the fact that people died and cry "WAR CRIME!" and blame the evil Jews. We have to look at all the available facts. Such as:
Was the location, in fact, a military objective due to the actions of the Gazans? Did the Gazans fulfill their legal obligations to protect their own citizens? Were the people killed civilians or combatants? Did the Israeli forces make sound judgements when considering or carrying out an attack?
For example, one story floating around in conversations like this is an incident outside a school where, according to the story, a number of families, including children, were lined up for tea and cookies and were struck by an Israeli weapon and, if memory serves, there were about a dozen fatalities, about half children. At least that is the Palestinian narrative. Sounds pretty nasty, yes?
In fact, when this incident is investigated, it turns out that every single one of the dead was a male Hamas member between the ages of 14 and 40. What are the odds? In a random selection of families? Of course, it was not a random selection of families but group of Hamas operatives engaged with Israeli forces. Yet these are counted as "child civilians" in the list of dead.
This is why it is important to research, and not just spout off anti-Israel cliches.
One time a rocket was fired 150 meters from a school and Israel hit the school.