The international community considers indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian structures that do not discriminate between civilians and military targets as illegal under international law .

In 2011 , Goldstone wrote Writing that he no longer believed that Israel intentionally targeted Aiming civilians in Gaza .

Médecins Sans Frontières said Statement `` The ongoing conflict in Ituri , Democratic Republic of Congo ( DRC ) , has led to Causation more than 50,000 deaths , more than 500,000 displaced civilians and continuing , unacceptably high , mortality since 1999 . ''

Depending on the degree to which Japanese civilians would have resisted Defending the invasion Attack , estimates ran Self_motion up into the millions for Allied casualties Death .

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre , also known as the Amritsar massacre , took place Process_start on 13 April 1919 when Acting Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer ordered Request troops of the British Indian Army to fire Use_firearm their rifles into a crowd of unarmed civilians in Jallianwala Bagh , Amritsar , Punjab , killing Killing at least 400 , including 41 children , one only six weeks old .

Dyer blocked Hindering the main exits , and the troops continue to fire Use_firearm into the fleeing Escaping civilians until their ammunition was almost exhausted Expend_resource .

The massacre caused Causation a re-evaluation by the British Army of its military role against civilians to `` minimal force whenever possible '' , although later British actions during the Mau Mau insurgencies in Kenya have led Causation historian Huw Bennett to note Know that the new policy was not always carried out Military_operation .

The two bombings Use_firearm killed Killing between 129,000 and 226,000 people , most of whom were civilians , and remain Presence the only use Using of nuclear weapons in armed Bearing_arms conflict .

In both cities , most of the dead Death were civilians , although Hiroshima had a sizable military garrison .

The Assyrian civilian population of upper Mesopotamia ( the Tur Abdin region , the Hakkâri , Van , and Siirt provinces of present-day southeastern Turkey , and the Urmia region of northwestern Iran ) was forcibly relocated Departing and massacred Killing by the Ottoman army , together with other armed and allied Collaboration Muslim peoples , including Kurds , Chechens and Circassians , between 1914 and 1920 , with further attacks Attack on unarmed Bearing_arms fleeing Escaping civilians conducted Action by local Arab militias .

They often bomb Attack civilians ; according to reports Reporting by the United Nations and others , the insurgents were responsible Imposing_obligation for 75-80 % of civilian casualties between 2009 and 2011 .

Later helicopters and trucks transported Sending almost 200 Marines to the village who killed Killing many more civilians at close Self_motion quarters .

An estimated 500,000 Iraqi and Iranian soldiers died Death , in addition to a smaller number of civilians .

Spanish civilians imprisoned Arrest in Lima were offered Giving in exchange Exchange for Lynch and his crew , but Méndez Núñez refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act .

A newly created Creating Texian army under the command Control of Sam Houston was constantly on the move Motion , while terrified civilians fled Escaping with the army , in a melee known as the Runaway Scrape .

The Byzantine Empire was obliged Request to pay Commerce_pay Bulgaria an annual tribute in exchange Exchange for the return Arriving of captured Byzantine soldiers and civilians .

While the protests were initially peaceful , they were later marked Recording by clashes between civilians and security forces , resulting in Causation dozens of casualties on both sides .

Eventually , it employed Employment terror bombing Use_firearm on areas of political significance and on civilians .

Thirty-two people were killed Killing or fatally wounded Bodily_harm : thirteen British soldiers and police , sixteen Irish civilians , and three Irish republican prisoners .

IRA members went to Motion a number of addresses Expressing_publicly and killed Killing or fatally wounded Bodily_harm fifteen people : nine British Army officers , a Royal Irish Constabulary ( RIC ) officer , two members of the Auxiliary Division , two civilians , and another man who is believed to have been an intelligence agent .

Later that afternoon , members of the Auxiliary Division and RIC opened Action fire on the crowd at a Gaelic football match Competition in Croke Park , killing Killing or fatally wounding Bodily_harm fourteen civilians and wounding Bodily_harm at least sixty others .

The population of the city , about 30,000 people including civilians and Berber soldiers , suffered Bodily_harm from a land and sea blockade that prevented Preventing_or_letting the entry of food into the city .

The Palestinians blamed Judgment_communication the Israeli government for the upsurge in violence Violence , accusing Judgment_communication the IDF of attacks Attack on Gazan civilians in the days leading up to the operation .

The rockets killed Killing three Israeli civilians in a direct hit Attack on a home in Kiryat Malachi .

A bus in Tel Aviv was bombed Attack by an Arab-Israeli , injuring Bodily_harm 28 civilians .

Very large proportions of these civilians died Death of hunger and disease , especially the children .

137 Czechoslovakian civilians were killed Killing and 500 seriously wounded Bodily_harm during the occupation .

Thousands of people have died Death during fighting Hostile_encounter between insurgents and the government as well as thousands of civilians who have died Death as a result of being targeted Aiming by the various armed Bearing_arms groups .

Panic developed Cause_to_make_progress among the civilians but there was no capitulation .

A total of 341 civilians were killed Killing by the bombardment and a further 600–2,000 wounded Bodily_harm .

The international community considers indiscriminate attacks Attack on civilians and civilian structures that do not discriminate between civilians and military targets illegal under international law .

The international community considers indiscriminate attacks Attack on civilians and civilian structures that do not discriminate between civilians and military targets illegal under international law .

upon the dutch arrival , 800 portuguese , some soldiers and some civilians , fled Escaping and regrouped Cause_to_amalgamate at unk .

The IDF has refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to discuss individual charges in detail , but an army spokesman speaking Statement on the condition of anonymity with `` The Los Angeles Times '' said Communication , `` As a matter of policy , we do not target Aiming civilians . ''

However , in late 2014 tensions Hostile_encounter again rose Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale as the Indian government launched Process_start an offensive Attack , which led to Causation a retaliatory attack Attack on civilians by tribal guerrillas .

The number of Serb civilian deaths is disputed—Croatia claims Statement that 214 were killed Killing , while Serbian sources cite Adducing 1,192 civilians killed or missing .

During and after the offensive , 150,000–200,000 Serbs—or nearly the entire Serb population of the area formerly held Hold by the ARSK—fled and a variety of crimes were committed Commitment against the remaining civilians there .

Human Rights Watch reported Reporting that the vast majority of the abuses during operation were committed Commitment by Croatian forces and that the abuses continued on a large scale for months afterward , which included Cause_to_be_included executions of civilians and destruction of Serb property .

However , it was found Know that crimes against civilians had been committed Commitment by Croatian forces .

Despite the vulnerability of Japanese cities to firebombing attacks Attack , the firefighting services Assistance lacked training and equipment , and few air raid Attack shelters were constructed Building for civilians .

It pursued Aiming the systematic elimination Removing of nationalist Bengali civilians , students , intelligentsia , religious minorities and armed Bearing_arms personnel .

The Bangladeshi Declaration of Independence was proclaimed Statement from Chittagong by members of the Mukti Bahini – the national liberation army formed Coming_to_be by Bengali military , paramilitary and civilians .

The plight of millions of war-ravaged Bengali civilians caused Causation worldwide outrage and alarm .

Five days after the blast , the IRA issued Creating a statement Statement from Dublin in which it claimed Statement responsibility , but regretted causing Causation injury to civilians .

The operation was part of an international coalition Cause_to_amalgamate aimed Aiming at enforcing Action a Libyan no-fly zone in accordance with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973 which stipulated that `` all necessary measures '' shall be taken to protect Defending civilians .

Not quite a war , the hostilities were limited Limiting to a few attacks on American civilians by a portion of the Winnebago ( or Ho-Chunk ) Native American tribe .

In the aftermath Catastrophe of the Battle Hostile_encounter of Osijek , Croatian authorities charged Criminal_investigation thirteen JNA officers with war crimes Committing_crime against civilians , but no arrests Arrest have been made Action to date .

The overthrowing Change_of_leadership of a popular and briefly Fretilin-led government later sparked Causation a violent quarter-century occupation Attack in which between approximately 100,000–180,000 soldiers and civilians are estimated to have been killed Killing or starved Killing to death Death .

This resulted in Causation the death Death of hundreds of thousands of civilians and the indictment of Sudan 's president , Omar al-Bashir , for genocide , war crimes , and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court .

although the sudanese government publicly denies Response that it supported Supporting the janjaweed , evidence supports claims Statement that it provided Supply financial assistance and weapons and coordinated joint attacks Attack , many against civilians .