Israel intensifies airstrikes on Gaza, Palestinian death toll hits 110

 GAZA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Three more Palestinians were killed late on Monday night in the ongoing¹ Israeli warplanes airstrikes on various targets in the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll² since the start of the Israeli attack to 110 Palestinians, medical sources and witnesses said.

Two children from al-Nasasra family were killed in an airstrike on the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah and a third Palestinian was killed in an airstrike on northern Gaza Strip.

Earlier on Monday night, a father and two of his children aged³ two and four years old were killed and 13 others wounded in an Israeli airstrike in an Israeli air raid on a house in northern Gaza Strip, medics said.

The airstrike damaged neighboring houses and injured 13, including other members of the Hijazzi family, said the neighbors. Al-Qedra said that on Monday, 39 Palestinians were killed and more than 100 injured.

The latest airstrike raised the number of Palestinians killed since Israel began its military offensive here to 110 dead and more than 800 wounded, according to al-Qedra.

The aerial Israeli military campaign in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip started Wednesday. Hamas' armed wing al-Qassam Brigades said that its militants⁴ fired more than 1,200 rockets from the coastal⁵ enclave on Israel.

The fatal airstrike came amid Egyptian efforts to mediate⁶ a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel.

1 ongoing   

adj.进行中的，前进的

参考例句：

• The problem is ongoing.这个问题尚未解决。
• The issues raised in the report relate directly to Age Concern's ongoing work in this area.报告中提出的问题与“关心老人”组织在这方面正在做的工作有直接的关系。

2 toll   

n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)

参考例句：

• The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
• The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。

3 aged   

adj.年老的，陈年的

参考例句：

• He had put on weight and aged a little.他胖了，也老点了。
• He is aged,but his memory is still good.他已年老，然而记忆力还好。

4 militants   

激进分子，好斗分子( militant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The militants have been sporadically fighting the government for years. 几年来，反叛分子一直对政府实施零星的战斗。
• Despite the onslaught, Palestinian militants managed to fire off rockets. 尽管如此，巴勒斯坦的激进分子仍然发射导弹。

5 coastal   

adj.海岸的，沿海的，沿岸的

参考例句：

• The ocean waves are slowly eating away the coastal rocks.大海的波浪慢慢地侵蚀着岸边的岩石。
• This country will fortify the coastal areas.该国将加强沿海地区的防御。

6 mediate   

vi.调解，斡旋；vt.经调解解决；经斡旋促成

参考例句：

• The state must mediate the struggle for water resources.政府必须通过调解来解决对水资源的争夺。
• They may be able to mediate between parties with different interests.他们也许能在不同利益政党之间进行斡旋。