In every war civilians get killed. What distinguishes countries like the US and Israel from terrorists is the fact that a terrorists goal is to kill innocent civilians while Israel and the US try to prevent innocent civilians from being killed. If Israel was as bad and brutal as you beliebe, in 14 months of fighting we should be seeing tens of thousands Palestinians killed. Yet, in reality the numbers are very low and most of the killed are armed Palestinians engaged in a a war or terrorism against Israel.

Another very important to make is the one that dmarker made:

"I see a very big difference bewteen cynically provoked deaths (sending kids with rocks to shield snipers) Vs in the case of terror bombers how they slaughter people who are merely going about their daily lives who are not seeking, or expecting they are in, danger
In the case of the Palestinian deaths
1) Kids & youth are urged to go throw rocks at Israeli soldiers while snipers hide in the background to shoot at the soldiers
2) Israel specifically targets identified terrorist leaders whoose names have been made clear to PA but who are still at large
The rock throwing is a very cynical tactic designed to set fellow muslims on the boil and provoke hatred of Jews & anyone associated with them. Arafat seems to think the tactic works. By OBL's own words he agrees."