terrorists. the idf in heavy armor and tanks now reportedly taking out hamas targets and terrorists overnight. [explosions] harris: as you can see it went on long enough for day break. new video shows israeli troops raising the jewish nation s flag in the palestinian territory for the first time in 18 years. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. prime minister benjamin netanyahu announced the second phase of the war with the israeli forces reaching built-up areas including the outskirts of gaza city. reports on the ground idf blocked a key road linking northern gaza to the south. netanyahu has told his nation to expect a long, hard conflict. this is our second independence war. we are fighting on defending our homeland. we will fight and not quit. we will destroy the enemy of the land and under. we will fight and win. harris: here is what an israeli soldier told fox. on a regular basis we re worried about rockets, missiles, drones, even people cross