巴勒斯坦高级将领在交火中受伤

 

  

Senior Palestinian Wounded in Israeli Attack

Meredith Buel

Jerusalem

23 Aug 2001 15:36 UTC

 

Israeli military forces have fired missiles at a car in the West Bank, wounding at least four people including a senior member of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Fatah movement. Four other Palestinians were wounded by Israeli tank fire in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli soldiers fired surface-to-surface missiles on a car wounding Jihad al-Musimi near the West Bank town of Nablus.

Witnesses say the first missile 1)narrowly missed the car and left a deep 2)crater in the road.

The second hit the car, but the 3)occupants had already fled.

Israeli military sources say they tried to kill the Palestinian official because he was involved in attacks on Israelis in the West Bank.

One Israeli official said Mr. al-Musimi's resume is "written in blood."

The Israeli army says he was kept in an Israeli prison between 1979 and 1987 for "involvement in terrorist bombings."

Palestinian officials called the attack a "failed 4)assassination¹ attempt," and an 5)escalation by the Israeli government against the Palestinians.

Mr. al-Musimi was previously² a police official in Nablus and regarded as a senior member of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's Fatah 6)faction.

Also Thursday, Palestinian militants⁴ fired 7)mortar shells at a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli tanks responded by entering the Palestinian town of Deir el-Balah and firing on a security post.

The incidents came a day after Israeli combat 8)helicopters fired missiles on a 9)convoy of cars in Gaza carrying a bomb maker⁵ for the militant³ group Hamas.

The bomb maker Adnan al-Ghoul escaped death, but his son, who was also a militant, was killed.

The United States and many other nations have 10)condemned Israel's policy of targeting 11)activists, a policy Israel says is necessary to stop terrorist attacks.

Israeli government spokesman Zalman Shoval says it is time for both sides to implement⁶ recommendations designed to end the conflict made by an international commission led by former U.S. Senator George Mitchell. "After all," Mr. Shoval said, "what Israel is proposing is, let's stop the violence. Let's sit down at the negotiating table. Let's try to implement the Mitchell report. Both sides will have to make compromises, but first the bloodshed and murder and terrorism have to stop."

The continuing violence may have cast a shadow over diplomatic efforts to bring Mr. Arafat and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres together for 12)truce talks.

Mr. Arafat has suggested that such a meeting could take place soon in Berlin. Mr. Peres says talks could be held as early as next week, but noted⁷ that preparations are still being made.

U.S. officials brokered⁸ a cease-fire last June, but it failed to stop the violence.

More than 700 people, mostly Palestinians, have been killed since the 13)uprising against Israeli occupation began last September.

 

 

(1)      narrowly[5nArEJlI]adv.勉强地, 精细地

(2)      crater[5kreItE(r)]n.弹坑

(3)      occupant[5RkjJpEnt]n.占有者, 居住者

(4)      assassination n.暗杀

(5)      escalation[9eskE`leIFLn]n.扩大, 增加

(6)      faction[5fAkF(E)n]n.派别, 小集团, 派系斗争, 小派系

(7)      mortar[5mC:tE(r)]n.迫击炮

(8)      helicopter[5helIkRptE(r)]n.直升(飞)机, 直升机

(9)      convoy[kRn5vCI]n.护送, 护卫vt.护航, 护送

(10)      condemn[kEn5dem]vt.判刑, 处刑, 声讨, 谴责

(11)      activist[5AktIvIst]n.激进主义分子, 行动主义分子

(12)      truce[tru:s]n.休战, 休战协定, 休止

(13)      uprising[Qp5raIzIN]n.起义, 升起

 

 

1 assassination   

n.暗杀；暗杀事件

参考例句：

• The assassination of the president brought matters to a head.总统遭暗杀使事态到了严重关头。
• Lincoln's assassination in 1865 shocked the whole nation.1865年，林肯遇刺事件震惊全美国。

2 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

3 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

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 maker   

n.制造者，制造商

参考例句：

• He is a trouble maker，You must be distant with him.他是个捣蛋鬼，你不要跟他在一起。
• A cabinet maker must be a master craftsman.家具木工必须是技艺高超的手艺人。

6 implement   

n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行

参考例句：

• Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
• The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。

7 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

8 brokered   

adj.由权力经纪人安排（或控制）的v.做掮客（或中人等）( broker的过去式和过去分词 )；作为权力经纪人进行谈判；以中间人等身份安排…

参考例句：

• a peace plan brokered by the UN 由联合国出面协商的和平计划
• Your husband brokered the deal to go in, transfrer the assets and get our man out. 你丈夫后来插了一脚，把生意都抢了过去，我们的人也被挤了出来。 来自电影对白