no civil war eh?
terrorists are not your civilians?
In my understanding when people of two nations/countries engage in a heavy conflict like this it's war.
If the armyis on the streets for several years in a row it's war.
however if this all happens within a country it is civil war.
If it is not a civil war then it is a police action and if so collateral damage is not acceptable and culprits must be tried and convicted.
Of course the Americans did the right thing in attacking Hitler and of course they should have assassinated him if possible (whatever the outcome may have been). But that was war!
Since there's no war (or civil war) in your country you can't just go aroun eliminating people you disapprove of (even if you
know they are mass murderers). You can do that in war and under martial law, but since none of these seems to apply here...
Without any practical expierence in warfare
I can tell you from my history textbooks that the way Israeli forces are taking won't work. It never has and never will.
Unless of course - as Timber remarked - you nearly eradicate the Palestinian people (worked fine with the Native Americans for example).
So if I got you right Israel does not have a civil war situation but merely a very creative justice system