[jfman]

Was there evidence that there were innocent civilians in harms way when they took three attempts at eliminating the convoy for the sake of one person who might have been in there?

By December, Israel had dropped more bombs on Gaza than there are Hamas militants. Now it might just get that Israel aren't very good at this, however Occam's razor (and tens of thousands of dead and injured innocent women and children) would suggest it's not about the militants.

Israel aren't entitled to submit Gaza to unlimited human suffering for as long as they think Hamas might pose a threat. That has no basis in morality or international law.