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Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed¹ to win a "battle for Jerusalem" following a deadly attack on a synagogue.

Two Palestinians armed with a gun and meat cleavers² killed four rabbis in West Jerusalem before being shot dead.

A policeman officer later died of his wounds as well.

It's the deadliest attack in Jerusalem in some six years.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned³ the attack.

Hamas, on the other hand, has taken a different position, calling on Palestinian people to carry out similar attacks.

Iraq's Defense⁴ Minister has gone on-record saying he is going to reject any proposals for foreign ground troops in the fight against the Islamic State.

Khalid al-Obiedi contends the Iraqi army will be able to expel the Islamic State from his country.

The statement is a response to suggestions from US officials about the potential for sending in ground troops.

Meantime, Iraqi security forces have reportedly driven out the Islamic State around a strategic oil field north of Iraq.

The area had been under Islamic State control for the past five months.

1 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

2 cleavers   

n.猪殃殃（其茎、实均有钩刺）；砍肉刀，剁肉刀( cleaver的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• These monsters would not lay down their cleavers even when on the brink of their own destruction. 这些魔鬼临死也不会放下屠刀。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 condemned   

adj. 被责难的, 被宣告有罪的 动词condemn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He condemned the hypocrisy of those politicians who do one thing and say another. 他谴责了那些说一套做一套的政客的虚伪。
• The policy has been condemned as a regressive step. 这项政策被认为是一种倒退而受到谴责。

4 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。