Faceman-they are not our civilians, they do not have the papers they are civilians of the PA. Gaza is PA it is not Israel. When 2 sides engage in a martial conflict it is caleld war. Your claim that we have no war here is groundless. We killed people, they killed people. What is it then if not a war? By the way you manage to contradict yourself. We have (according to your post)in a state of war because: "If the army is on the streets for several years in a row it's war". Operation "defensive shiled" etc, are ok according to your defenition.
BTW-where does war happen? In outer space?
it happens in a country so your claim for a civil war is unacceptable. Israel is small and territories and gaza even smaller. It does not means that we fight in the same country. We have PA Vs Israel.
Your history books are wrong. I will not go far-America vs Tunis war. Or how the english dealt with uprisings in their muslim colonies. Your history books are too selective.