At the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem, a funeral is being held for Israeli soldier Lavi Lipshitz, 20, who was killed in ground fighting in the northern Gaza Strip yesterday.

We reported earlier Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing the "painful losses" after 11 soldiers died yesterday.

"Our soldiers fell in a just war, a war for our home," Netanyahu said.

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The health ministry in Gaza says 8,796 people have now been killed there since the war began.

That's an increase of 271 from Tuesday's figure, which was 8,525.

The ministry says 3,648 of those killed in the Gaza Strip are children.

Israel began air strikes on Gaza after Hamas launched its deadly attacks on 7 October.

The World Health Organization says it believes the figures provided by the health ministry are reliable.

We’ve been reporting on an Israeli air strike that hit a refugee camp in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza yesterday afternoon.

It was not the only IDF attack in Jabalia on Tuesday – so here’s what we know.

Strike in the camp

A large explosion rocked the Jabalia camp yesterday afternoon. Pictures taken at the scene by news agencies in the immediate aftermath showed several large craters surrounded by destroyed buildings. Children could be seen among the dead and injured, as people searched through the rubble for survivors.

BBC Verify geolocated the blast site to an area located within the refugee camp, which is made up of many residential buildings and was home to 116,000 people before the war.

The Israel Defense Forces later confirmed a strike, saying it had killed a senior Hamas commander, Ibrahim Biari, and targeted “underground terror infrastructure” beneath buildings that collapsed.

It said a “large number of terrorists were killed” and accused Hamas of intentionally using civilians as human shields. Hamas denied any commander had been there.

AFP news agency said their footage from the scene showed at least 47 bodies pulled from the rubble. A senior doctor at the nearby Indonesian Hospital told the BBC it received 120 dead, the majority women and children.

The BBC can’t independently confirm casualty figures. The IDF said it was looking into "reports of collateral damage and non-combatant casualties".

Western Jabalia

The IDF also said on Tuesday its ground forces killed about 50 Hamas fighters during an operation to secure a military stronghold in western Jabalia that served as a training centre for the 7 October attack on Israel. It said it destroyed entrances to terror tunnels and a large stock of weapons, and released a map of what it described as a “Hamas military compound”.

Two Israeli soldiers were killed, the IDF said. Hamas’s military wing said it had fired at tanks and bulldozers in north-west Gaza.

BBC Verify has geolocated this site to an area more than 2km north-west from the area of the refugee camp that was hit.

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The head of the World Health Organization says he "welcomes" the agreement to send some seriously injured people from Gaza into Egypt.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says in a post on social media: "We have been working with Egypt's Health Ministry on planning for medical evacuations, and will continue to support."

He adds: "We need an immediate acceleration in the flow of medical aid permitted into Gaza. Hospitals must be protected from bombardment and military use."

Here are pictures from the Gazan side of the Rafah border a short time ago, where injured Palestinians wait to be taken to Egypt for treatment.

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The UK's Foreign Office says it understands the Rafah crossing will be open for "controlled and time-limited periods" to allow "specific groups of foreign nationals" and the seriously wounded to leave.

Posting on X, external, the FCDO said it's likely that the departure of British nationals from Gaza will take place in stages over the coming days.

Rushdi Abualouf
Reporting from the Rafah crossing

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I am at the Rafah border crossing, where around 500 people are waiting to cross into Egypt.

I have spoken to five passport control officers on the Palestinian side, who say they will first process about 88 people with serious injuries - and then start on dual nationals.

We understand from the authorities here there are about 7,000 people registered as dual nationals in Gaza.

Five-hundred people per day will be allowed to cross to the Egyptian side of the border.

As of now, we haven't seen any Hamas-run police officers controlling the area.

Once the Egyptians approve of all people on the Palestinian side, they will be allowed to cross to the other side of the border.

This is very significant development, given the the crossing has been totally closed since the beginning of this war.

In the last few moments, the Reuters and AFP news agencies say the first ambulances carrying wounded people from Gaza have entered Egypt through the Rafah crossing.

The agencies cite officials in Egypt.

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A list of hundreds of names has been published by the General Authority for Crossings and Borders in Gaza, showing the foreign nationals who should be allowed to leave through the Rafah crossing today.

The list is mostly of Jordanians, but other nationalities include Austrians, Japanese, Bulgarians, Indonesians, and Australians.

There are two British people on the list, included in a separate section for NGO workers.

The list says the foreign nationals had to arrive at 07:00 local time in the outdoor hall of the crossing.

We're stilling seeing crowds of people queuing at the terminal border, with no confirmation that anyone has reached the Egyptian side.

Our reporter at the crossing in southern Gaza, Rushdi Abualouf, just sent this short video.

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We've been focusing on the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip this morning - but we've just heard new comments from Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

He was speaking after Israel confirmed 11 soldiers died in fighting in Gaza on Tuesday.

"We are in a difficult war. It will be a long war. We have important achievements in it, but also painful losses," he says.

"We know - each of our soldiers is a whole world.

"The entire nation of Israel embraces you, the families, from the bottom of our hearts. We are all with you in your time of great sorrow.

"Our soldiers fell in a just war, a war for our home. I promise you citizens of Israel: we will continue until we fulfill the mission - we will continue until victory."

We're seeing the first images of the Egyptian field hospital built in Sheikh Zuweid near the Rafah border crossing in Egypt.

The hospital is intended to treat injured people crossing from Gaza.

Ambulances entered Gaza from Egypt earlier and as we've reported, they were seen driving back up to the border a short time ago.

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We're watching live images of a fleet of ambulances arriving at the Rafah border - but it's unclear if they've yet been able to cross into Egypt.

We know ambulances earlier crossed into Gaza from the Egyptian side to collect wounded people to bring them for treatment in Egypt.

Our reporter Rushdi Abu Alouf in Gaza says Egypt is building a field hospital about 10km from the border.

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The figures are not yet clear.

Our correspondent at the Rafah crossing says 88 injured Palestinians will be allowed to leave. Other reports from Egypt put the number slightly lower, at 81.

In terms of foreign nationals, an Egyptian source tells Reuters up to 500 will be allowed to leave today.

Meanwhile the AFP news agency says 545 foreigners - including dual nationals - will be allowed into Egypt.

Rushdi Abu Alouf
Reporting from the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza

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Hundreds of people with kids and families have their bags, sitting on the ground, outside the border terminal in Rafah - but nobody has called them yet.

We understand something might happen soon - we might see people allowed to cross.

I haven't seen any ambulances or injured people crossing into Egypt, but they may have a different arrangement for people who are going to be transported for medical treatment.

We understand from local authorities about 88 injured people will be allowed into the Egyptian side.

We believe Egypt is building a field hospital about 10km from the border.

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Crowds of people are waiting at the Rafah border crossing after the gates were opened on the Gazan side into Egypt.

We can see live pictures of huge crowds waiting to get through the border.

Earlier, ambulances crossed from Egypt to the Gaza side to collect wounded people - but we don't know if they've crossed back again.

As a reminder, the only civilians who've left Gaza since 7 October have been freed hostages - until now, all the crossings have been closed.

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We're watching a live feed from the Gazan side of the Rafah crossing into Egypt.

In the past few minutes, the gate has opened and cars are passing through.

Earlier, we reported that a deal was brokered by Qatar to allow some people out of Gaza, in coordination with the US.

We'll bring you more as we have it.

UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly says the Rafah crossing is "likely" to open today for a first group of foreign nationals.

Posting on X, external, Cleverly said: "UK teams are ready to assist British nationals as soon as they are able to leave. It’s vital that lifesaving humanitarian aid can enter Gaza as quickly as possible."

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Yesterday, the rebel Houthis group in Yemen - hundreds of miles south of Israel - said it had attacked Israel three times with missiles and drones, and would do so again.

Now, the Israeli military says its missile ships were deployed to the Red Sea yesterday to "strengthen the defence effort in the area".

In the early hours of Wednesday, the IDF said it "intercepted an aerial threat" in the Red Sea, south of the southern Israeli city of Eilat.

As we've reported this morning, the UK says there are "credible reports" the Rafah crossing from Gaza into Egypt may open today, to allow some injured people to get treatment.

Now, there are reports that Qatar has mediated an agreement to allow some people out of Gaza.

News agency Reuters says Qatar has been holding talks between Egypt, Israel, and Hamas, in coordination with the US.

The deal would allow some critically injured people, and some foreign passport holders, out of the Gaza Strip.

Qatar is home to the political leadership of Hamas - which has had an office in the capital, Doha, since 2012,