The worst part of this idiotic policy is that it sounds like an admission that the Israelis were doing something wrong.
The terrorists insinuate themselves among civilians, hoping to be spared return fire and benefiting from the public relations value of civilian casualties otherwise. The Journolist morons’ abet this behavior by trumpeting civilian casualties and blaming them on the Israelis, rather than placing blame where it squarely belongs. If the Wehrmacht hid behind civilians (which they didn’t) the world would blame them for unnecessary civilian casualties. The the world today, Israeli civilians deserve to be killed and their murders are celebrated as heros.
While we’re talking about hiding behind civilians, I’ll bet that Iran has some of its most secret caches right under mosques, schools or hospitals.