“Make no mistake, the IDF and the Israelis have no problem taking out ANY threat to their population, regardless of gender.”
True, but with women and children as human shields for the boat it becomes more of a PR nightmare for Israel. It’s probably advisable to have women IDF commandos take care of this with the guys on standby if things get really out of hand.
It doesn’t matter WHAT Israel does. They could walk on water and the UN would bitch that they couldn’t swim. Whatever they do is going to be a PR nightmare, so they should do what is necessary to ensure their security with minimal loss of life on either side—something which Hamas seems to not give a whit about.