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Is enslavement of innocents permissable under the moral code of the God of Abraham? No, it is not.
Exodus 21:2
If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go our for free for nothing.
3. If he come in by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he be married, then his wife shall go out with him.
20. And a stranger thou shalt not wrong; neither shalt thou oppress him; for ye were starngers in the Land of Egypt.
21. Ye shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.
22. If thou afflict them in any wise--for if they cry at all unto Me, I will surely hear their cry.....

How about the murder of innocents?

The Law? No. And *innocents* outside of the covenant were not considered innocents. They were considered enemies who hadn't grown up to be homicide bombers yet. I KNOW you've heard the stories from Viet Nam Vets about other soldiers hesitating to fire on children carrying baskets of flowers or eggs with hand grenades inside...
Abortion was specifically prohibited, and even if men got into a fight and hurt a pregnant woman, they were fined. If she lost the baby because of it, they were killed for it.

Is that permitted?

In what context, OWK? In war, NOT killing *innocents* is next to impossible. But it isn't considered murder if the intent is to eliminate an enemy in combat that will come back to murder you.
In any other context, the answer is NO.

In what context, OWK? In war, NOT killing *innocents* is next to impossible.

Having actually read the Bible, I'm sure you're aware that God commanded that every surviving woman and child be put to death in cities already vanquished by the Israelites...

Read Joshua 8 for starters...