From New York, this is Democracy Now.

If Hezbollah Echlis,

if Hezbollah decides to enter the war, it will long for the second Lebanon war.

They will be making the biggest mistake of their lives,

and we will hit them with an unimaginable force.

It will mean devastation for them and the state of Lebanon.

As the death toll from Israel's 18-day bombardment of Gaza nears 5,800,

tensions escalating on the Israel Lebanon border.

Tens of thousands of residents have evacuated their homes as Israel and Hezbollah exchange

fire on a daily basis.

We'll get the latest and look at how Israel's end game in Gaza is to push Palestinians

into Egypt.

And we'll look at how U.S. policy toward Latin America has fueled historic numbers of asylum seekers.

Over the weekend Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez-O-Bidor met with other Latin American leaders

calling for the US to end its blockade of Cuba.

One of the agreements of yesterday's meeting was to promote bilateral dialogue between the United States and Cuba

to resolve pending issues, especially those related to the blockade of Cuba, which greatly affects the population.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now. Democracy Now.

Dotorg, the War and Peace Report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

Health officials in Gaza say Israel's unrelenting bombardment of the besieged Palestinian territory has killed another 700 people

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