The Israeli Defense Force has entered the Al-Maghazi refugee camp located in the central Gaza Strip, with a limited ground operation.
There are battles with Hamas.
A medical source for Al Jazeera: 374 martyrs and 574 injured as a result of Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip since this morning.
Google is turning off real-time traffic data in Israel in anticipation of a full-scale operation in Gaza with active troop movements.
The UN reports that six UNRWA mission personnel have been killed in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours.
UPDATE 5:15 PM EDT --
The White House has ordered the Department of Defense to begin preparing Contingency Plans for a “Worst Case Scenario” in the Middle East which could require the Evacuation of Hundreds of Thousands of U.S. Nationals from the Region with Significant Concern for the roughly 600,000 Americans in Lebanon and Israel.
UPDATE 8:14 PM EDT --
HEAVY REPORTS NOW SAYING Armed clashes have broken out as the IdF invades eastern Nablus, IN THE CENTER OF THE WEST BANK!!!! The action in Nablus is in conjunction with a large-scale invasion of Jenin, which is in THE NORTH OF THE WEST BANK!!!!
MORE 8:24 PM, EDT --
Heavy gunfire exchanges reported in Jenin between IDF forces and Palestinians amid an Israeli operation in the area. Explosions also heard.
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