Very much for joining us. Cnn newsroom with jim acosta starts right now. Im jim acosta in washington. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world to cnns breaking News Coverage of israel at war. It has been one week since hamas launched its attack inside israel that killed more than 1,300 people. Today israel appears to be on the verge of responding with full force. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video online of his visit with troops at the front line near the gaza border. He told them, quote, The Next Stage is coming. A Ground Invasion appears more inevitable by the hour. Israel has called on more than a million civilians to evacuate Northern Gaza for their safety. Today the State Department is urging Palestinian Americans in gaza to move closer to the rafah crossing into egypt. The reason, there may be little notice if the crossing opens but if israels sixhour window for safe passage from Northern Gaza has expired lots of questions are going to b