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As another user pointed out, there's no basis for those claims other than IDF press releases, which is literally the party that's doing the bombing. Not crazy reliable. But let's say they're not lying, or wrong. Let's say that enemy combatants are holed up underneath all schools, all hospitals, all churches and mosques, and 90% of residential buildings in Gaza (writing it out like this makes it sound really fucking stupid and unbelievable, but let's entertain the thought anyway).
In the case that medical facilities are used in acts harmful to you, they become legitimate military targets under international humanitarian law. However, when you do bomb such facilities you have a number of responsibilities, including preparing a contingency plan and getting full medical service (such as cancer wards, maternity wards, and so on) up and running as soon as possible. If you don't, you're right back in war crime territory. And Israel hasn't.
But aside from legal stuff, just ask yourself on a moral level if you're okay with this. If your mother is taken hostage in a bank robbery, would you be okay with the police dealing with this situation by blowing up the entire building? I personally wouldn't, but I guess it's conceivable that you would respond by saying "the robber did the hostage taking, the cops had no other choice, and the only one to blame for my mother's death is the robber".
All of this is all hypothetical of course because there's actually no reason to believe that all hospitals, schools, places of worship, residential buildings, and refugee camps are all valid military targets. Because what moron would believe such a thing based entirely on what the party doing the bombing is saying?
I'm just pointing out how ridiculous the comparison is to the USA. Which, to my knowledge, is not a huge refugee camp riddled with terrorists.
Yeah, and you're basing this on info from the IDF, which I and others point out is hardly an impartial observer. There are impartial third party observers (Amnesty, WHO, Red Cross, ICC, ICJ, Unicef, etc.) and they all disagree with you. Try applying a even a smidge of critical thinking.