Held on the virus in africa. An elderly woman rescued from the rubble of an earthquake, the desperate sovereign or survivors. Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. The two Star Army General is the highest u. S. Ranking officer to die in the war in afghanistan. Major general harold green was killed when a gunman dressed in an afghan army uniform opened fire at a base. Half those wounded in the attack of americans. The u. S. And its allies are winding down their commitment to afghanistan. Libby casey is live in washington this morning. What was greens mission in afghanistan . He was one of the few adjustment generals in country and the highest officer involved. He had a largely behind the scenes job. An attack outside of kabul, an afghan wearing a military uniform and carrying a machine gun opened fire, killing american two star Major General harold green and wounding eight other americans. In all, the gunman shot at least 16 other people, including a german Bri
Elephants. In gaza, a ceasefire off the fabling for now. Israeli forces started pull some tables. They the israeli Army Continues to work with full effectiveness to complete the objectives of the operation which are the return of longterm calm and security for the itself of israel while causing Severe Damage to the foundations of ter error. Force devon did he hater force devon did he hateror. Force devon ter. They have disabled dozens. This harms the strategic infrastructure to which hamas has invested an incredible amount of effort. Israeli said they will not participate. Shelling continued across gaza despite ainsurance people could return to their home. 225,000 palestinians are displaced after nearly a month of fighting more than 1600 palestinians are dead. 66 israelis have beg killed. This report from gaza. Reporter people from the area had received word from the israeli army that they could now move back to their homes. We were just at a United Nations school right on the outskirt
Thousands of people. [ applause ] you did a great job. Drinking the water restored to nearly half a Million People in ohio, an algae bloom contaminated lake erie with toxins. The mayor said the water is safe, but is the problem fixed . Welcome to Al Jazeera America. Im stephanie sy. Im del walters. We are six hours into the ceasefire in gaza. This one appears to be holding. Just before the ceasefire began early this morning, hamas shot a barrage of rockets into israel. Zeal troops have taken up defensive positions on the israeli side of the border. This latest ceasefire was brokered by egypt. New talks are set to begin in cairo. Israel soldiers have all but left the gaza strip, the forces pulled out off the the arm flat northbound the last of the 32 tunnels inside gaza. Military leaders said the troops will take up a defensive position. Both sides agreed to a 72 hour ceasefire. An israeli spokesman questioned why hamas didnt agree to it earlier. Hamas has to explain why they didnt acce
The fighting in libya intensifies thousands escape into tunisia. The israeli Prime Minister says the offensive in gaza will continue until its achieved all its objectives. Those objectives were distroibd as destroying described as destroying hamas tonne em, and killing tunnel, and killing an officer they said was captured by hamas. Its been confirmed that the Second Lieutenant was killed in action on friday. Hes been posthumously promoted to the rank of lieutenant. Translation with great sorrow the family announces that it has accepted the militarys decision in determining that hatar was killed during nighting in rafah. The family thanks all the people of israel and announces that the date of the funeral will be announced later. Relaying the request of the family to all of israel and whoever can come and accompany hafa the hero on his final journey. Kim vinnell is in west jerusalem and has been following developments. The Israeli Military confirming that it believed the lieutenant was
Harry potter. And catchy katy, the singer releases the newest video from her charttopping album gone viral in an instant, and even the president is calling himself a fan. This is how we do yeah strutting yeah we do it like that hey, good morning, everybody. As that american ebola victim prepares to land on u. S. Soil, we want to take you inside the plane carrying the patient out of africa en route to atlanta for treatment. Yeah, this is called an aeromedical biological containment system, an isolation pod is really what it is. A portable airtight tentlike device that can house a sick patient along with medical personnel on a modified gulf stream plane. Taking extraordinary precautions, and abcs dr. Rich besser, who has reported extensively from the ebola hot zone overseas, is right there at the hospital in atlanta where the victims will be treated. Rich, good morning to you. Good morning, dan. When i worked at cdc, i was involved in the development of those special pods. They were desi