In Israel's case the country has been under threat of attack or under actual attack since it's independence was declared on the 14th May 1948.

Delusory. Israel has never been invaded since its inception. Yet Israel has invaded and/or annexed neighbouring territories on many occasions. Sinai. Negev villages. Gaza. All the best West Bank land. Lebanon. Golan Heights. Most of these incursions have had brutal consequences for thousands of innocent civilians. Let me rephrase your idiotic assertion: in Israel's neighbours' cases, they have been under attack, threat of attack, invasion, annexation or occupation since 1948. Always with consequences for innocent civilians that have far outweighed any injury to Israeli civilians (the deliberate policy of successive Israeli regimes).