>> hello and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm del walters. these are the stories we're following for you. despite a seven hour partial truce more civilians die in the israeli-gaza conflict. toledo's city officials say the water is okay to drink but the problems are yet to be solved. thousands of people nearly cut off from the world.

>> that seven hour truce in gaza ask now over. earlier today, israel initiated what it called a humanitarian pause in the fighting but just minutes into that truce one child was killed and dozens of others injured following this strike on a refugee camp. israel says it only applied to areas where there was limited military action. >> haza, east of khan yunis, it was virtually cut off for almost a week. around 20,000 people live here, large clans, big families and you can see the utter destruction in the middle of the town, nothing left. as you walk down the main street further to the eastern edge of haza, there are many houses that have been destroyed. people have been walking and trying to salvage any possessions that they can from

underneath the concrete. we saw one small boy with his bike, women with blank et cetera and carlos and mattresses. now tank shelling has begun again from the israeli border and many will be getting away as quickly as they can. >> a man was injured, near the mount scorpus tunnel. police killed a man who drove into a bus. police calling that a terrorist attack. andrew simmons reports from west jerusalem. >> reporter: this excavator crashed into the bus flipping it over. as this was happening a pedestrian was caught underneath and has since died. and the police were nearby, one policeman, he immediately opened fire at the excavator's driver and killed him. his body is beneath that white

plastic now. tension has been running obviously high here in jerusalem with what's going on in gaza with alerts going out for any potential attacks. the police say that they're treating this as a terrorist attack. and they say that the dead man is palestinian. they've carried out a search of the asia around. >> and the israeli offensive in gaza now in its 28th day and the debt toll continues the rise. the fighting so far has killed 1,868 palestinians, the u.n. estimating 80 pictures are civilians. 94 descraim israelis have been 4 children. cope with the number of injured there is only one working emergency room, in gaza where surgeons can hepburn victims. one doctor says he believes that

70% of those injured will have some type of permanent disability. and the violence in gaza has led to severe foot food shoornlingss well. >> these two gather as much of theirs kyle hill i pepper crop as they can. there done an israeli air strike at any time. >> translator: we are very afraid. if there were an air strike here and we were injured, no one would come to help. but this is our livelihood. we are also afraid that if we don't pick the chilis now we will lose the crop. >> this is only the third time that anis and his brother have come to pick the red pepper since the conflict began. they like other farmers are absolutely terrified of israeli air strikes. air strikes have targeted vehicles along the road into

gaza city. farmers' buildings have been destroyed. a number of farmers have been killed in the fields or while driving to the market in gaza city with their produce. in ooltin another field we finde people. the harvest this year have been poor. they have been too scared to come and tend their crops. >> translator: the harvest is bad because we haven't been here for a month. there's no water to irrigate the plants. we invested all our money into this crop. we are afraid to bring our sons to help because of the bombs. >> reporter: providing food for gaza's 1.8 million people is hard enough under israel's blockade. it is even tougher now. trucks were bringing food in before the fighting started, now it's as little as 40. people are stocking up on as much produce and as quickly as they can. there were air strikes close by as we filmed.

>> the traders shelter because they come under the no electricity no water no gas it's a disaster. >> reporter: these mangos and neus numerous fruit are imported from israel. they are more expensive now. prices for some goods have increased up to 90% in recent weeks. >> translator: in general, death would be better than life in this situation. things are so expensive and the quality of things i so poor, lie anything else. >> they bundle their sack of chilis on the their bicycle. it is a three kilometer ride on a road they rarely risk traveling on. charles stral stratford, al jaz, gaza. a plane transporting a second ebola patient to atlanta.

19tnancy writebol will be the patient to be treated at emory. bisi onile-ere, what can you tell us about the toledo water issue? >> the algae bloom in lake erie basically paralyzed the city of toledo. the city was a ghost town basically, stores and restaurants closed because of this water issue. the city was very proactive in trying to make sure that all the residents had access to fresh water. they set up sites around the city making that water available

but there were still a lot of concerns among residents especially with small kids. they couldn't bathe their children nor so they cook or clean. there is relief but skepticism, if this water if it was schooled just hours ago, there was concern it could cause nausea and dizziness and could kill pets. the mayor said, he took a drink of water himself to calm those fears. take a listen. [applause] >> here's to you toledo, you did a great job. >> reporter: so if things aren't exactly back to normal here in toledo, they are slowly getting there. residents are being advised to flush out their drains before using any of their water. and all of those sites that were put up around the city offering free waters well those have since closed down. del. >> bisi this was an

uncomfortable period for the city of toledo. do they have any assurances that what happened will not happen again? >> forecasters predicted it would be bad this year the but no one predicted it would be this bad. the new an chemical fertilize they're comes off of farms and goes into the water and causes those toxins, the contamination, one city official spoke out saying this situation in toledo, because of the turn of events it was kind of unavoidable but steps do need to be taken to prevent something like this from happening again. >> while we can't totally control algae bloom when they bloom over our intake we're at its mercy. we have procedures in place but unfortunately this bloomed right over the intake. we were helpless. we brought every effort we could

to bring it back as soon as we could. >> the city is speaking up but what they're unclear about is who should have been monitoring the water to make sure the levels didn't get to where they were. so we're still waiting to hear about that del. >> bisi onile-ere, reporting from toledo, bisi, thank you very much very much. an abortion law, required doctors having admitting privileges in nearby hospitals. days after a federal appeals court blocked a similar law in mississippi. five members of a family found dead in their home in cul culpepper, the sheriffs department and virginia state police are said to be

investigating. an historic summit underway in washington. the u.s. africa summit the first ever. we have three reports from our correspondents on the african continent about what the summit means for eask. >> heads of state from kenya, uganda, and south sudan, how to convince investors to put money into mega infrastructure projects, all at a cost of $24 billion. now currently china is a main funder and the fact that the leaders have been looking more towards the east for partnership is worrying the west. the qc is a big concern. somalia, al qaeda affiliated, and trade, the qc, mutual respect for u.s. is going to

feature high on the agenda. >> the meeting with president barack obama is unprecedented. the summit is seeking focus on agriculture, democratic governors electricity supply and others. with countries like nigeria, mali and others, they would like to see the united states secure a more active role. in nigeria, thousands have died because of fighting between security and boko haram. on the african front, more african products. few expect to see the united states handing out f aid to african countries just like the chinese are doing currently in africa. economists say what is needed is not financial aid but a greater share or a fairer share of the

american market for earn african products. >> south africa has the most sophisticating be economy on the planet, but creating jobs through trait and investment is a priority at this summit. so far the u.s. trails far behind the eu and china, so political and business leaders will be pressuring president obama to extend things like agoa, the african growth and opportunities act, which offers preferential access to the u.s. market, upon which tens of thousands of jobs depend. >> and more remains from malaysia airlines flight 17 are on their way back to the netherlands. flight 17 was shot down over ukraine back on july 17th reportedly by pro-russian

separatists, most of the 298 people on board were from the netherlands. closing in on pro-russian rebels, captured the town of yazanuzia near donetske. separatists holding that town since may. five of its soldiers were killed in that operation. coming up on al jazeera america, massive evacuation before a catastrophic flood.

>> a british ship has carried more than 100 people away from the violence in libya. they transferred to the hms enterprise in malta. most of the people on board were british nationals. a recent surge in violence in libya leaving 200 people dead. as jamilla reports.

>> they are part of the more than 600 filipino workers repatriated from libya since july. the philippine government has called for mandatory evacuations of its citizens after a filipino construction worker was beheaded and a nurse was gang raped weeks ago. >> at first there was just gun fire and now it's gotten worse. they just waited for ramadan to end and now they have rockets and missiles. >> very big problem. >> reporter: the country has been gripped by warring militia groups, since the overthrow of its leaders moammar gadhafi in 2011. >> last year, we raised it to 4 which is the highest alert level and under alert level 4 this

means mandatory repatriation, and total diplomat ban of overseas filipino workers. >> reporter: but only a fraction of the 13,000 filipinos have expressed a desire to go home. they said they have spent their family savings just to be able to go abroad. the deterioration of situation in liberia has not deterred filipinos to go overseas. they would rather take the risk than not to be able to provide for their families back home. the philippines is over the world's top labor be exporters. jamilla allen dogan, al jazeera.

30 miles south of the capital city dacca, 250 passengers were on board at the time. at least 44 were able to swim to safety and crews rescued 100 others. this is second ferry disaster in about three months. in may you may recall 50 people died in another disment. and thousands of people have been evacuated from india's behar province after a landslide in nepal. more on the disaster's aftermath. >> reporter: this was a highway toit to tibet. a part of the mountain came crashing down burying the village. only a handful of bodies have been recovered so far from the hundreds still missing. just to my left the rescue workers are trying to find the bodies of four people who were buried under this rubble. family members have come to find

the bodies of their loved ones. it is quite a distressing scene. the landslide is still moving. as we watched a mountain side collapsed. disputed the danger, locals are trying -- despite the danger, locals are trying to recover whatever they can from the homes and those searching for their loved ones don't nowhere to begin. >> translator: i've come to find my sister, one niece, one nephew and my sister-in-law. the next how is where my brother and sister-in-law were buried. my cousin et cetera are rescued and at the hospital. >> reporter: police and army at the rescue site don't have enough equipment to despite rescue and recovery efforts. they face a further danger. the landslide has blocked this raging river and created a lake upstream. on saturday afternoon, the army made a channel through a control blast to let the waters out.

downstream, people are packing to go. some don't want to leave. but it is the monsoon season and if the lake overflows or bursts its landslide-made bank villages like these will be swept away. al jazeera, nepal. coming up on al jazeera america, wiempledz continue to to -- wildfires continues to burn in northern california. and the issue that is causing problems for the health care system in brazil.

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northern gaza. >> here's to you. you did a great job. >> officials in toledo, ohio saying their tap water is now safe to drink. almost half a million people were band from using the tap water for about 72 hours because of contamination. u.s. africa leader summit on hand in washington, d.c. to discuss peace keeping and development projects. every country has its own version of health care and each has its own problems, brazil has a problem that's unique. rob reynolds went to roidged. roij where rio de janeiro where they don't seem to have enough doctors. >> it is a typical day at a clinic in rio de janeiro, free of charge medical help as provided by law.

20,000 people rely on the clinic. >> translator: disease prevention, we help patients with high blooch, basic child help, hypertension is the most common problem. are. >> reporter: but brazil's most common health care challenge is not disease but the shortage of doctors, particularly in urban villages. >> in this community the doctor-patient he ratio is 1 doctor for every 3500 patients. >> reporter: the life expectancy is 73.3 years for brazilians. in some regions it is 67 yoars. worse than years worse than in bangladesh. dr. edarmak gonzalez is one of

7300 cuban doctors in brazil. >> i'm getting a great deal of practice here. for example in cuba i have never seen a patient with tuberculosis, but here i have. >> paid far less that happen their brazilian colleagues. each dorkd is paid $-- doctor is paid $4300 but the physician receives less than a third. the rest goes back to cuban government. over half have quit the program complaining of the unfair pay scale. dr. gonzalez is sticking with the program. >> i don't care about the money. i receive 10% of what all doctors get here. my family back home also gets money and the rest. the percentage the government gets helps support education and free health care. >> reporter: ultimately to

meet the needs of its people brazil must train more public health doctors and provide incentives for them to practice where they are needed the most. rob reynolds al jazeera, rio de janeiro. in california one person is dead thousands stranded, thunderstorms, causing massive mud excluded. officials say they found the body of a victim inside a vehicle, about 50 miles southeast of los angeles. authorities say everyone is safe they say it pay take up to three days to clear the area of mud. and in northern california the problem is raging wildfires. firefighters focusing on two blazes burning near bernie. near hospital the town of bernie is on an evacuation watch. the two fires are among 14 burning across the state. between the floods and the fires, california has a lot on

its plate. dave warren, raven on the way winds on its way. what else? >> much of the state is under a drought but a little too much rain causes flooding as an area of low pressure over southern california right around san diego brought a lot of this moisture up and this led to these strong thunderstorms that came down bumping a lot of rain in a short period of time. this was all yesterday afternoon. here these storms flare up and they're going over terrain which acts to funnel all of that rain into one area. that was the big problem, where a lot of the flooding occurred. and the national weather service issued flash flood warnings for these individual storms that were around los angeles. look at the terrain here. this is google earth, it shows a funnel, all this rain over this area led to the flash flooding. further north we are still seeing rain but not enough of it where we need it.

could see flash flooght today, to the -- flooding today, this red flag warning. the visible satellite picture, it shows the smoke from the complex of fires in northern california. these are thunderstorms. and from much of the country you may notice the haze in the air. this is tracking the smoke from idaho to montana and the smoke goes all the way over the central portion of the country with pleem smoke. you might -- medium smoke. you will notice the smoke in the air from the temperatures out west. that spin, that low causing the rain out west, maybe a few showers and storms across the northern plains but a little too much rain where we don't need it after you get about one or two inches, that extra three or four caused all the flooding. >> the state can't catch a break. dave warren, thank you very much. i'm del walters in new york.

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