with us tonight on our panel — the democratic strategist marie anne marsh, and the labour strategistnd former adviser to tony blair, john mctiernan. good evening. i'm going to show you live pictures before we begin this hour. coming from tel aviv. i think this is the opposition leader who is now part of the war cabinet that's been formed today. a unity government in place now in tel aviv. we've just seen in the last few minutes the defence minister talking for that what you are seeing is israel is coming together to talk with one voice about the operation now under way in gaza. we will keep our eye on that. not much to report at the moment but prime minister netanyahu assaying the people are united, with put aside our differences and i think that's pretty much the theme we will hear through the evening. that's pretty much the theme we will hear through the evening. so, for the fifth day running, and from the direction of sderot, in the south, the israeli defence force has pounded every conceivable hamas target, in readiness for a ground invasion that is surely coming against the grou