It's also permissible under the Geneva Conventions to kill civilians if they are being used as human shields.

As a belligerent, HAMAS has the duty under the GC to separate itself from the civilian population. Like not using hospitals for a military purpose.

HAMAS is not doing that, but rather is using the Palestinian population as protection. That's a war crime.

"Since when is "Stop the Genocide" pro-Hamas?"

"From the River to the Sea" is a call for genocide. Sounds HAMASish to me.

"Targeting a hospital is also a war crime"

Negative. You can absolutely bomb a protected entity if it is being used for a valid military function.

"No. They are still considered protected persons."

They are still non-combatants, yes. But if they are in a facility that is being used for a valid military function by a belligerent, that facility is a legal target.

"Also they aren't using hospitals as military bases or civilian shields. How do we know for certain? Israel has now admitted it."

Two hours ago, NBC posted a picture of a HAMAS tunnel at Al-Shifa.

Israel doesn't share it's Itelligence with me, but I think if they are even half as sophisticated as the US is, they're collecting all sorts of intelligence that would be used to characterize a target.

What I know for a fact is that ISIS was using a large (functioning) hospital in the Syrian town of Hajin up to the last few months of the caliphate. ISIS and HAMAS are not that different. We elected not to hit the hospital. It would have killed more civilians than ISIS, and wouldn't have had much impact on the operational environment. Someone else had a different opinion and ended up blowing the place up.

"This is not rocket science and you are confusing two legal terms."

You know this is what I do for a living, right?

I mean, if you have experience in targeting, feel free to share it. But in Syria most of the targets we dropped against were houses or schools or some other civilian building, which means they were protected entities. "Were" being the operative word. That protection goes away the minute a belligerent begins using it for a military purpose.

Terrorists generally don't follow the Geneva Conventions or the Law of Armed Conflict.

"And if they are physically incapable of leaving said facility? (e.g., bedridden patients in hospital)"

Yep. You can still bomb it.

The hospital in Hajin was a particularly difficult target. In a hospital, even non-kinetic effects can produce lethal outcomes.