welcome to al jazeera america. i'm david shuster here are the stories we are following for you this day. [ explosion ] >> ceasefire collapse. fighting has resumed and more people have been killed in gaza, after israel said one of its soldiers during the truce was attacked and captured. meanwhile the u.s. senate has agreed on new emergency funding to bolster israel's iron dome

defense system. and an american hospital has agreed to treat an ebola patient. ♪ we begin in gaza, where today's ceasefire did not last very long. fighting resumes just hours after both sides had initially agreed to a three-day humanitarian pause, and since the fighting resumed, the un says 70 palestinians today have been killed. two israeli soldiers were attacked during the ceasefire and one was captured. a delegation including hamas and islamic jihad is still planning to meet in cairo on saturday for negotiations. meanwhile in the west bank. [ explosion ] >> there are new protests and tensions today. about 6,000 demonstrators came

out in solidarity with palestinians in gaza. israeli forces fired tear gas and stun grenades, and in the confrontation around 20 were injured. there were smaller protests around the area. both israel and hamas are blaming each other for violating the ceasefire. hamas says israeli tanks moved in, in the south and east. but israeli says a suicide bomber killed two israeli soldiers. >> indeed, we were abiding by the ceasefire, and unfortunately, the terrorists under the cover of the humanitarian recess took full advantage of that and attacked our forces. >> when the trust collapsed new fighting erupted in southern gaza.

emergency services say it has been very difficult to reach the injured there. charles stratford visited the area and sent this report. ♪ we arrived around 2.5 hours after the ceasefire started. already the tank shelling had begun. most of the ambulances waiting to ferry the dead and injured out could get no further. blocked by a pile of rubble and a crate for. people were carrying the bodies on stretches. >> translator: it looks like an earthquake happened here. houses are completely destroyed. the bodies are decomposing in the heat. >> reporter: we pushed towards towards the south one four-wheel-drive ambulance managed to get through, but soon turned around unable to go any

further. >> translator: the area is completely sealed off. it is a total no-go zone. we are trying to get through. a bulldozer needs to get in and try to clear a path. >> reporter: as we moved forward, we heard reports that the land had been hit by snipers. what remained of people's homes lined the road of the village. as one group passed we saw a dead man wearing the fatigues of a palestinian fighter. men struggled to pull a body out from under the concrete. this was as far as we could go. we pushed as far forward as we can to the front line now. people are running out of the village. there are many dead bodies around, the smell is over

powering. >> reporter: a woman rushed past us praying. we headed back to the barrier. the ceasefire was over, there was no choice but to go. charles stratford, al jazeera. as we mentioned earlier one israeli soldier was captured today and two others killed when hamas allegedly attacked the soldiers examining the tunnel. james bayes has israeli reaction from west jerusalem. >> the israeli military are saying about 9:30 local time, about 5.5 hours ago, they were trying to decommission a tunnel, and from that tunnel came a suicide bomber with an explosive vest who detonated his vest and it was during the aftermath of

that that this soldier was captured. now it's worst also i think, telling you something about the israeli public reaction to this. because already on social media a lot being written about the captured soldier. facebook page is being set up in his support, and i think this will change the whole character of the public response to what has happened in gaza. in an interview with al jazeera, saudi arabia's king criticized hamas, but also said israeli's offensive against gaza is a crime against humanity. >> translator: all of this is happening under the eyes of the international community. this will create a generation that will only i believe in violence. and those who are silent on terrorism will be its first

victims. meanwhile congress has decided to send more aid to israel to provide more funds for their iron dome defense system. john, are we seeing members of the house and senate -- do they finally agree on something? >> funny you should say that david, because that's exactly how they are presenting it. but there is a history to this. last night the senate failed to pass a supplementary measure. there simply weren't enough votes. there were three key areas, border security, wildfires, and iron dome, which is extraordinary sophisticated system that israel has that keeps out pretty much all of the rockets that hamas fires at it. but there weren't enough votes last night.

so today they brought the vote back up again. and they said instead of roll call, let's have a consent vote. does anybody object? and nobody did. we'll hear now from two leading senators, lindsay graham from south carolina who wanted to make the point that this is a signal to israel that america should be much more of a friend to israel than he thinks it has been in the recent past. and he is tire of people harping on israeli killing people in gaza. here is more of what he had to say. >> by unanimous consent the senate agreed to send aid to israel. in woerds we just passed on approach tragss bill that will

provide more missiles to the iron dome program. >> lindsay graham. well john mccain from arizona always came to the microphone to make the point that the $225 million going to israel is to be used for equipment used for defensive purposes, rather than offensive. >> the action of the congress today and the president will send a message to the american people -- to the people of israel that we are with them. that we will stand with them, and that we will provide them with what they need in order to defend themselves. i will remind you, iron dome is defensive, not offensive weapons. >> that means the bill moves on to the house, and we are told that it will either be dealt with today or tomorrow as a stand-alone bill or lumped into the ongoing immigration bill.

>> where does the border immigration bill standing? you reported that congress was unable to get something retooled. where is it going now? >> it's very embarrassing for the republicans who really can't get their act together on this one. the house convened. they are busy writing a bill that they hope will be able to be voted on at soming point today. the bill on the table was only $659 million. not the $2.7 billion that was voted on and failed in the senate last night. nor the $3.7 billion asked for by the president. so it will be very, very watered down from what it was in order to pass today or tomorrow. we are hearing that $35 million has been appropriated on top of what was there, so they can send more troops to the border, but as for the vote we just don't know when it will come. we assume it will be today, but it could be tomorrow, and whether it goes to the senate

now or in september we also don't know. the senate leaves today, they either deal with it today or it waits until september or in some capacity the senate will have to be recalled. david? >> john thank you. since the start of the israeli hamas conflict, nick schifrin has put himself in harm's way to bring us the latest from gaza. [ explosion ] >> just two days ago he witnessed this missile hitting an open field about a thousand feet from his reporting location. but last night the danger got a little closer than usual. watch. >> here it comes. >> oh [ censor bleep ]. [ explosion ] >> nick says the strike was about 400 feet from his location. he says nobody was injured. this was the third time that particular building had been hit by israeli missiles. nick also says he has seen hamas rockets fired from that location. tonight at 11:00 pm eastern, al

jazeera america will take you inside the israeli hamas conflict. tune in for that at 11:00 pm eastern time. as ebola continues to spread in west africa, the world health organization has issued a dire warning saying the outbreak is moving faster than the effort to contain it. the world health organization officials held a meeting. experts fear the death toll could climb much higher. the virus can be spread villa air travel, something that did not happen during previous outbreaks. but even as americans are being warned not to travel to west africa. there are reports that american ebola patients will be brought to the united states. robert ray is live in atlanta to explain. do we know who these patients

are? good afternoon, david, the state department and the samaritans purse aid group has confirmed that the two infected ebola aid workers over in liberia are going through a process right now of evacuation where in the coming days they should rife here in the united states. let me read exactly what was sent to me. the two americans who contracted ebola in liberia remain in the country today, but medical evacuation efforts are underway and should be completed by early next week. at least one is expected to come here, where that person will be treated. as far as the other one, we don't have confirmation where that aid worker will go. we're hoping to get more information in the 3 eastern conference today.

this facility includes a state-of-the-art containment area built to isolate cases of the infection disease. >> to ensure these aid workers who are currently in africa can be returned to the u.s. in a way that -- so that they can have access to modern medical facilities and technology. >> reporter: the cdc is notifying health officials around the country on how to identify and isolate potential ebola patients. officials say americans should not be concerned about a widespread outbreak here. >> the movies and what not have portrayed this as something that could easily spread, that is just not the case. >> reporter: the centers for disease control has issue tad travel warning urging americans not to travel to the west african nations affected by the ebola outbreak. >> we were concerned if you travel there for a nonessential

reason and had to go to the hospital that might be a problem. >> reporter: meanwhile here at home, 20 airports have reportedly staffed health care workers to screen passengers returning from oversees. the only two americans currently sickened with ebola are these two. they were working as missionaries, treating ebola victims in liberia, one of the three countries at the heart of this outbreak. both are said to be in grave but stable condition and isolated from others. >> dad's visits with mom right now are through a window at the home where mom is isolated and he is in a containment suit. >> reporter: dr. brantley rejected the only dose of an experimental serum, giving it instead to his colleague. those who know the christian doctor say he is not -- they are

not surprised. the world health organization is pledging millions of dollars to fight the outbreak. >> $100 million needed to fund this plan. >> as robert pointed out there is a big news conference that officials are having at 3:00 this afternoon. there will be new information about this particular train of -- strain of ebola, and there may be questions about whether the quarantine area set up is sufficient. but we'll have more reports later this afternoon. coming up the numbers from the labor department looked good for the sixth month in a row, and there is more fallout from the cia's admission that it spied on the u.s. senate. you are watching al jazeera america. ♪

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[ technical difficulties ] >> advance on the gaza strip in the early-morning hours. israel says hamas broke the trust. an israeli soldier has also been captured near a hamas tunnel. the world health organization

has issued a dire new warning saying the ebola outbreak is moving faster than the effort to contain it. the outbreak so far has killed 729 people. i'm dave warren. one of the few things we're watching this weekend is how this tropical storm will develop out over the atlantic. this visible satellite picture shows a shadow cast as the sun comes up this morning, and that's what it looks like now. the center of the storm not really surrounded by a solid area of thunderstorms. it should begin to intensify just a bit more, but it is just a tropical storm now. moving west, northwest at 21 miles per hour. the track from the national hurricane center. it's really not until tuesday and wednesday of next week. as it turns anywhere in this

area. it could be impacting the east coast by the middle of neck week. before this all happens we have a lot of rain to talk about. this is moisture coming into an area of low-pressure. you can get a lot of rain and flooding problems happen when this comes about. heavy rain about north and south carolina, and right up the i-95 corridor there. over the next few days here comes the heaviest rain. it dumps a lot of rain over the same area. five inches or more over the next three days. and depending on that track. we could have additional rain next week. here is the radar now showing the rain slowly moving up the coast. it won't be a complete washout, but periods of rain over the next few days. flash flood watches and warnings are in effect. it looks like we'll be doing

with a lot of rain and flooding. >> yeah, a lot of rain. thanks dave appreciate it. belgium is preparing to mark 100 years since the first battle of world war i. it took them nearly two weeks to capture the fortified city. the battle set the tone for the bloody and drawn-out conflict on the western front. world leaders will gather to remember the day the first shots were fired. russia is also marking the centennial of the great war. president putin dedicated a statute honoring the soldiers that fight in world war i. the war to end all wars obviously didn'tly up to their name. unspent artillery shells are

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