"Take your time, be strategic if you want to go after this enemy, but do it in a way that takes into consideration international humanitarian law and the lives of civilians."
"If your concern is for the hostages and your concern is for civilian populations on both side, that only leads to one place, which is the ceasefire."
"The idf's proactive strategy aims to lower civilian casualties and ensure their safety in times of conflict."
"Nowhere in Gaza is safe because Hamas has spent 16 years converting Gaza above ground into a large civilian shield for its infrastructure underground."
"We weren't allowed to use crew served weapons in many populated areas."
"There is nobody that's safe. Every single person in the Gaza Strip is not safe."
"The U.S. has issued a warning that Vlad is stepping up efforts to launch airstrikes against Ukraine's civilian targets."
"Vladimir Putin's blatant disregard for human life is absolutely unacceptable. Canada continues to demand that Russia stop targeting civilians and end this unjustifiable war."
"Precision strikes don't work; they bring more terror."
"Anything that makes civilians less safe makes us all less safe."
"The attack on civilians from regime forces has become so great that they have to go in protect the people."
"There's just no good reason to kill non-combatants indiscriminately."
"Civilians must not be targeted in conflict. We must minimize civilian casualties."
"The targeting of civilians... is a war crime." - British Foreign Office Minister addressing Russian actions in Ukraine.
"There will be a reckoning. Vector will be ours. The civilians will not be killed. We will give them a chance to leave, and if they choose to stay, that is a different matter."
"Thankfully it can't get worse... they've already pretty much hit rock bottom with how they're attacking civilians."
"When the president gets up in front of the nation and says that they're doing everything they can to ensure that there is near certainty that there will be no civilians killed he is saying that because he can't say otherwise." - Daniel Hale
"Run, hide, fight for decades the FBI has given civilians guidance."
"This calculated attack on a civilian airliner... has shocked the world."
"The Russians aren't engaged in the kind of targeting and such operations that would produce civilian casualties. They are deliberately avoiding civilian casualties and they pay a higher price as a result."
"You don't want your homes to be shelled with artillery, you don't want your friends and loved ones to die, it's a pretty simple and powerful message."
"Criticism regarding civilian losses in urban warfare plays a crucial role. It's essential for minimizing harm to non-combatants and for the careful planning, preparation, and execution of a city attack to maximize the chances of success."
"Both sides had casualties. We should condemn civilian deaths on both sides."
"It was never the plan to attack civilians and civilians were never attacked."
"How do countries go about creating a safe path for civilians to travel during a war?"
"Civilian casualties are terrible and in a modern war where we have such precise guided munitions the aim of war should be to incur less and less casualties."
"The priority that the Russians have had throughout this conflict is to minimize civilian casualties."
"Military forces against civilian populations... something to avoid at all costs."
"Russia is doing all it can just to avoid civilian casualties."
"If this does take any effect we're probably going to see a large-scale civilian attack."
"The presence of a firearm in the hands of civilians should not terrify police."
"The president is reluctant to use the gas because there are still civilians in the area who would be affected."
"If we were going to fight, it was all going to burn down, and that would be a disaster for the civilian population."
"I do not want to see any innocent civilians [harmed], it's horrific and it's heartbreaking."
"Yet quietly, the government had laid its plans for the defense of the civilian population."
"SCP 1919 has been sealed off from the rest of the world so that no hapless civilians can wander inside."
"Innocent civilians never ever deserve to be killed."
"Security of civilians and IDPs during replications and relocating should be a priority."
"How Israel conducts the campaign matters and matters a great deal, particularly when it comes to doing everything possible to minimize harm to civilians."
"Civilians should never be indiscriminately targeted."
"The cessation of violence from both sides, particularly the targeting of civilians, is what we would continue to urge."
"We have to do that in such a way that we ensure that we cause as little damage to the civilian population or infrastructure as possible."
"Let's try to limit civilian casualties the best we can."
"Everyone we talk to, of all the people we talk to, no one is happy about civilian deaths, everyone wanted the civilian deaths minimized as much as possible."
"The principle of proportionality... the anticipated amount of civilian damage should not exceed the concrete and direct military advantage obtained."
"It is time for a ceasefire; the safety of civilians must be ensured, all hostages must be released immediately and unconditionally."
"Their method is incredibly effective at protecting civilian lives."