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Source: http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1149836.html
When the Enemy Does Not Adhere to the Laws of War
(Ha'aretz) Gabriel Siboni - Professor Asa Kasher suggested at a recent conference at the Institute for National Security Studies that there is a difference between "regular wars," in which the enemy accepts the burden of the laws of warfare, and "irregular wars," in which the enemy doesn't accept those obligations. During the Second Lebanon War and the Gaza operation, the enemy did not adhere to the laws of war. In a future confrontation with Hizbullah or Hamas, Israel can announce that because of the lack of reciprocity in accepting the laws of warfare, it will take into account the moral principles of the doctrine of just warfare, but will adopt measures necessitated by the lack of reciprocity. The writer heads the military research program at the Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University.