""While technically at war this whole time, in reality, their conflict has been punctuated by several major (though short), wars and numerous cross-border attacks and air battles.""

When was the last cross border attack or air battle in Israeli territory or airspace Keith? In other words, is this another "war" in which all the aggression is on the Israli side.

""No-one has been invaded, they just stopped a serious violation.""

Crossing the border and destroying vehicles, equipment and personnel belonging to a separate sovereign nation sounds like a prety fair description of invasion, and your comment about dealing with a violation is simply untrue.

Any nation wishing to do that would be required to be acting under the terms of a UN resolution to that effect, not a mere declaration of illegality.

Don T.