Unfortunately for the people living there, they don't seem to have anywhere to go. Initially the people were told to flee Northern Gaza, resulting in one of the greatest displacements of Palestinian people in modern history... but then the Israeli military began targeting Southern Gaza where they'd been told to go (Reuters). The people there are navally blockaded and restricted at the borders, so where can they go?
They seem to be at the mercy of political and military forces that have no interest in showing them mercy: Hamas went them to stay, keeping them in danger, and the Israeli government just want to destroy the area. Here's NBC news on 70 people killed in an indiscriminate airstrike on an evacuation column.
To quote: "Israel's military said the order, which has raised fears of an imminent ground offensive on the densely populated enclave, was intended to minimize civilian casualties in the war against Hamas. But the United Nations said it was "impossible" and risked a humanitarian disaster."
That sounds, a lot, like indiscriminate bombing. Now, I don't think for a moment that everything the IDF does is indiscriminate: it is a modern military with protocols, technology and guidances. What I think has happened, and I lay blame for this with the USA and UK in Iraq and Afghanistan, is that killing large numbers of civilians - often by airstrike or drone - has become normalised provided it kills at least one Bad Guy. We (Britain) and the US have been doing this for ages: "oh, sure, we blew up a hospital full of orphans, teddy bears and puppies but we took out 2 senior Al Qaeda operatives so it's all fair!"
I think that's a very bad place for our countries to be in, where irreplaceable human life is counted so cheaply when it stands in the way of our military objectives.
On that same note: absolutely, without a doubt, I completely believe that there are plenty of people working in the IDF who are good, honourable and decent. They're fighting to defend their families and loved ones. I can't find the article just now (I think it was on Haaretz), but they had a heartbreaking interview with a mother who's son had to quit the IDF because he just couldn't take it any more. The constant fighting, the violence, the hatred that the IDF both get from and dish out to civilians. It was so sad.
The more I am able to read about real people involved, the more I am touched by their humanity. When the IDF managed to shoot dead three Israeli hostages that they were supposed to be rescuing, the mother of one hostage forgave them (Times of Israel).
You're correct that everyone is radicalised, I think, and that makes things worse. There is so little humanity to go around.
