"Not only that, they put their posts and high ranking members in the most populated parts of Gaza City."
That may be true, but it is a tactic that anyone would be using (including israel), if they were faced by a vastly superior foe. Similar to the Viet Cong mingling with the civilian population. That is the nature of asymetric warfare. If they just wore uniforms, and kept their fighters in clearly marked bases, they might just as well post big signs syaing "drop your US taxpayer funded bombs here". Hardly a winning strategy do you think? The more inferior your military capabilities the more unconventional your tactics, even if that gets your own civilians killed. In a sense having public outrage over civilian deaths is a propaganda weapon, and thats a substitute to F16 and heavily armoured tanks that the palestinians don't have to defend themselves.