i'm jake topper. it is 2 -- tapper. it is 2:00 a.m. in israe

i'm jake topper. it is 2 -- tapper. it is 2:00 a.m. in israel and in 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, israe