This may be thought well beyond kpete's capacity, but the only military people, if any, in the Gaza Strip are IDF. The dudes and dudettes wanting to avoid IDF and Hamas are civilians (these are probably a small minority); the dudes and dudettes who support and help conceal/shield Hamas but aren't firing weapons are civilians; the Hamas Thugs and Thug-ettes firing weapons are civilians. The Hamas Thugs and Thug-ettes are not part of any official uniformed military force, they are therefore civilians.
It would be nice to think at least one DU-member has thought through these facts and has the courage to call out kpete's ignorance and stupidity, but I'm not expecting it.