we start this hour with the latest on the israel gaza war. in the last few hours the israeli military has announced what it s calling a daily tactical pause in part of southern gaza, but not the city of rafah. that the city of rafah. is where the focus of the military that is where the focus of the military operation is. it says the halt in operations will be during daylight hours to facilitate the delivery of aid. aid organisations have repeatedly warned of a humanitarian crisis in gaza. israel has released the names of the eight soldiers killed by a hamas rocket in rafah on saturday, the deadliest incident for its troops in months. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed and has vowed to continue the war against hamas. here is the latest from our news correspondent in jerusalem jon donnison. well, to be honest, it s not really clear because initially we had a statement from one branch of the idf saying that indeed there was going to be a tactical military pause
first, let s return to our coverage of the general election. voters head to the polls on the 11th ofjuly. the liberal democrats are gaining some ground, hoping to grab tourist seats as they promise free personal care for the elderly, more gps and joining the eu single market. it is ed davey s photo opportunities that i ve been grabbing attention. he has been speaking to laura kuenssberg. in terms of the stunts, the real issueis in terms of the stunts, the real issue is engaging people and they have done. one of the reasons i am so pleased to be on your programme is to talk about what the liberal democrats are standing for. we are standing for health and social care board. we talk about cost of living. and we are talking about the environment. the sewage scandal, for example. i am determined that all the seats that we can win against a blue ball, people hear about what the liberal democrats stand for from a local champions because we could make real gains at this election. we