The UN building

As some of you may know, it is a war crime to inflict damage to civilians in a UN program or building, unless said building was out of UN control and those in it were acting as fighters. In its official statement, the IDF claimed that there were enemy combatants within the building, and that IDF troops were taking heavy fire from the school. Further, while the UN has condemned this act, they have failed to specify who was in the building, besides the few "civilians" that we already know about. As is their policy, Israel has been helping to take care of any who have been injured in the violence.
In general, I simply want to supply all of you with a little more information. First, the media has been very quick to pounce on Israel, by describing Israel's use of force as "excessive," even going so far as to state that Israel is "throwing everything they've got at Gaza" (WBBM CBS News, January 5th, 2009). Second, CNN and CBS, among other news companies, have stated that Israel is "invading Gaza" (Morning of Tuesday, January 6th, 2009). The word "invasion" carries a heavy connotation: that Israel is launching an unprovoked attack on Gaza, and wishes to re-occupy the Gaza Strip. This is not the case. The Israeli government has released several statements, saying that they do not wish to re-occupy Gaza, and additionally, that this operation is in retaliation to the Qasam missile attacks launched by Hamas toward southern Israel.