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Making war is very messy.
Recently in Afghanistan US forces had bombed a hospital. The hospital claims they had identified themselves to both sides, and both sides knew about the location of the hospital. It seems the doctors believed they were safe and wouldn't be targeted. While that sounds like it should be "iron clad" it really isn't. Someone enters a number wrong on a computer or picks the wrong building on a map, someone gives permission to fire on a target when they shouldn't have, or someone fires on a target without feeling the need to get permission and....
When military forces are operating in areas where there are civilians, civilians will get hurt and killed. This has always been the case, and this will not change. It's even worse in some areas when the people fighting blend in with the civilians.
I am not saying this is acceptable, but this is part of the price the civilian population pays when war breaks out around them.
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