The Israel-Palestine war will be etched in the memories of generations to come: the brutality of Hamas's October 7 attac | dG1fTndIZTQwc2NrU0k
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00:00For 5 months now, our screens have been bombarded by images depicting Israel's air and ground
00:13assault on Gaza.
00:15This extraordinary footage shows just how widespread the destruction has been.
00:23Israel is still denying foreign journalists independent access to Gaza.
00:29We're in Israel, about a kilometre from the border.
00:35Generations of historians will study this Gaza war, the violence of Hamas's October
00:407 attack, and the unparalleled ferocity of Israel's retaliation, which left tens of thousands
00:47of Palestinians dead and vast sections of Gaza reduced to rubble.
00:52One thing they'll focus on will be Israel's response.
00:56Was it proportionate, or was it driven by rage, humiliation and revenge?
01:04Was it legitimate self-defence, or did it involve the commission of war crimes, as Israel's
01:09detractors around the world have alleged?
01:13And would the war jolt the international community into pushing for something that Israel's leadership
01:18had for so long resisted, a Palestinian state?
01:25In this Four Corners, we go head-to-head with insiders at the centre of Israel's defence
01:30and intelligence establishment, a former prime minister, two ex-intelligence chiefs, a current
01:38cabinet minister and a one-time Israeli army commander.
01:43We challenge them about one of the most controversial wars in modern times.
01:50Why has the most powerful army in the Middle East, Israel, killed so many children?
01:56Do you think that revenge has become a major factor in Israel's response?
02:00Can Hamas be destroyed?
02:02Hamas as a military organisation will be destroyed.
02:06They hate us.
02:07We saw the results.
02:09The idea of eradicating Hamas completely from Gaza is a just cause.
02:16I don't think that anyone made a deliberate decision to kill children.
02:20The idea of us doing everything to avoid civilian casualties is a blunt lie, a straight lie.
02:28Gaza was already one of the most desperate places on earth.
02:33Now it's uninhabitable, plagued by mass starvation and disease.
02:39When I look at it, Israel is committing a series of war crimes.
02:45Some warn that Israel's fierce response to October 7 will have sown seeds of hatred for
02:51generations to come.
02:55Is there a way out of what's beginning to look like the forever war?