How are we defining "innocent" though? Not being a smart ass, it's a real question that we (the US) struggled with for the whole GWOT and a good portion of Vietnam.
Anyone not a Direct Combatant? What about the non-combatants that are providing material aid? Hiding and storing weapons? Providing intel on troop movements and positions? Just offering places for combatants to sleep and rest for the night? What about folks who know (for a Hamas example) where there are tunnel or bunker entrances and hide that information? Do we just assume women and children are innocents in the war? Why?
And how can you possibly tell from the bodies if they were innocents caught in the crossfire, or helping Hamas? (or the IDF for that matter, I'd be shocked if there weren't civilian IDF and Mossad assets in Gaza)
Further: As a Gazan (or Ukrainian, or Iraqi) civilian you are under no obligation to help a military invading your home, but if you don't, or you help your military forces, are you still "innocent" or have you picked a side?
This is one of the reasons that war, ESPECIALLY urban warfare, is difficult. *expletive deleted*it gets real blurry, real fast. There are definitely corpses in Gaza right now that wanted no part of this conflict and were truly innocent, but how many, and which ones? Gods only know. (literally)
