I've been in the military. I understand what a civilian is. Someone sleeping at home or eating in their dining room is a civilian.
Someone washing their car or picking up their mail is a civilian.
Someone shopping in the market or dropping off their dry-cleaning is a civilian. A masked, angry man shouting insults, and hurling fist-sized chunks of concrete is not a civilian. A week ago I watched a Palestinian spokeswoman get onto NBC and read a carefully prepared propaganda statement condemning the actions of the Israelis against her civilian brethren. This, not a minute after I watched pictures of angry Palestinian mobs throwing rocks, Molotov cocktails and anything else they could get their hands on at a scattering of Israeli policemen. I would have laughed if I wasn't so busy being disgusted.