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the conflict is a state (Israel) versus non state actors (commonly described as terrorists)
Even the Geneva convention only gives limited protection to Franc Tireurs. The Hague convention all but made them criminals. If you wear a nice uniform from a recognised nation, you get protection under International Law no matter how bestial the state it belongs to. If you don't, you get nothing and the fact that your oppressor has done everything to stop you from having that luxury doesn't matter. It's the international version of Jim Crow.
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and this is where much of the criticism of Israel comes from - it has gone further than asserting its right to exist; it has expanded into the occupied territories and marginalised / brutalised Gaza.
that Palestine isn't given full statehood with recognised borders means that the conflict is a state (Israel) versus non state actors (commonly described as terrorists), further blurring the "narrative".