"would have been devastatingly effective in Gaza had they really wanted to kill civilians."

But trying to do it all at once in a hurry, got a previous nasty man in lots of hot water.... so remember the old saying "just a little every day, gets the job done" ... :-0

Just watching the other day news footage (We Aussies have SBS TV which shows news/current affairs from many overseas countries - with subtitles) of patrolling IDF forces randomly shooting up farmers trying to work their fields next to the 'giant prison fence' circling their country where their family has lived for as many generations as they can remember.... the IDF doesn't even CARE if they can see filming international news media with them...