Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Welcome to our continuing breaking News Coverage of israel at war. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the second stage of its war, the ground war, has begun. The goal, to destroy the military and government, he says, of hamas. Translator our heroic fighters have one goal, to destroy this enemy and to make sure the existence in our country. Never again, never again is now. At this hour, the conflict is escalating. This is new cnn video from a cnn producer In Gaza Capturing Rockets being fired into israel. [ sirens ] and cnns sara sidner and her team captured this video of Rocket Barrage over tel aviv earlier today. Israels iron dome Defense System intercepted those incoming rockets. Civilianness northern gaza say they endured the heaviest last night. Cnns Nic Robertson joins us live from sderot, israel. What are you seeing right now . Reporter relentless, jim. Absolutely relentless barrages of artillery fire, aircraft st
gaza, i m looking out over tel aviv. it s been 22 days since the terrorist attacks by hamas caught this country, israel, and frankly much of the world, by surprise. tonight a new phase of the war against hamas rages. listen to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu earlier this evening. translator: the war inside gaza is going to be long. this is our second independence war. we ve got to save our country. we re going fight in the air, ground, and sea. i m pamela brown in washington. we are also following breaking news back in the united states. this hour, we bring you the harrowing personal stories of war. a mounting death toll and increasingly unsurvivable conditions in gaza and what we know about does s military plans include israel s matter plans including reporting on which hamas leaders israel says have already been eliminated. first we re going to start with the massive ground operation in gaza. cnn s nic robertson is live for us in sderot, israel. you ve witne