The french resistance took action against the Germans knowing that their action would lead to reprisals against innocent citizens, it was a calculated risk but undoubtedly led to deaths of french civilians.
I think the point you are missing is that the peace process has been in place 20 years...
A lot of people commenting on here about IRA bombings but conveniently forgetting why the army was first deployed to NI in 1969 which was to protect the catholic population. The IRA were very much a minority group with little support, things changed when the Conservative and UNIONIST government...