From New York, this is democracy now.

To his epic suffering, make the U.S. an easier and safer and facilitate the release of

hostages. I rate to rate my appeal for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls again for an immediate ceasefire

in Gaza, but Israel with the backing of the United States has rejected the call and is continuing

its bombardment for a 19th day. The Palestinian death toll has now topped 6,500 including 2700 children.

I'm telling you we were at home when suddenly we found what seemed like a barrel bomb.

This was no ordinary rocket. We haven't heard of anything like it before.

As you can see, everything is gone. Innocent people died, including children and women.

This is Israel's goal to kill the innocent and women in children.

We'll go to the occupied West Bank to speak with Amnesty International's researcher

on Israel and the occupied territories. We'll also talk to the Pulitzer Prize-winning

author, Biet Panwen, author of the new memoir, A Man of Two Faces.

Last week, a major cultural institution in New York, 92NY, formerly the 92nd Street Y,

cancelled an event with him after he signed an open letter calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Plus, we look at how U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America is fueling historic numbers,

the silent seekers. All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, democracynow.org, the War and Peace Report. I'm Amy Goodman.

The UN Agency serving Palestinians, UNRA, warned it would have to stop its life-saving operations

in Gaza by tonight unless it receives more fuel.

The humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached catastrophic levels with hospital shutting down.

Now, there's cutting back critical services amidst the lack of fuel and supplies.

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