中东—以色列展开对加沙和西岸的搜捕

Israel Expands Raids in Gaza and West Bank

以色列展开对加沙和西岸的搜捕

 

Israeli helicopters fired missiles at buildings used by Palestinian militants¹ in the Gaza strip. The army went into action after militants in Gaza fired more than 40 rockets at Israeli towns. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told his Cabinet that he has ordered a prolonged military operation to halt the rocket attacks.

 

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We will use all means necessary to hit the terrorists, their weapons and their bases, Mr. Sharon said.

 

Cabinet Minister Yitzhak Herzog said Israel withdrew from Gaza, and returned to the international border, and now there is no excuse for Palestinian attacks.

 

Militants fired rockets at Israel after at least 15 Palestinians were killed in an explosion during a Hamas military parade in Gaza on Friday. Hamas blamed Israel, but the Palestinian Authority said the blast was caused by militants who mishandled explosives.

 

Palestinian officials condemned² the Israeli raids, but they also criticized Hamas for parading weapons. Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat appealed to both sides to uphold the cease-fire.

 

Mr. Erekat: And we urge the international community's direct intervention³; direct intervention in order to maintain the quiet, in order to maintain the cessation of violence.

 

The international community had hoped that Israel's Gaza pullout would revive the "Roadmap" peace plan. But just two weeks after the withdrawal⁴, the cease-fire is in danger of collapse⁵.

 

Robert Berger for VOA News, Jerusalem.

 

注释：

missile [5misail] n. 导弹，飞弹

prolonged [prE5lRNd] adj. 延长的，拖延的

halt [hC:lt] n. 停止，暂停

parade [pE5reid] n. 阅兵，行列

mishandle [5mis5hAndl] vt. 错误地处理，胡乱操作

raid [reid] n. 袭击，搜捕

uphold [Qp5hEuld] vt. 支持，赞成

cessation [sE5seiFEn] n. 停止

collapse [kE5lAps] n. 崩溃，失败

1 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。

2 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。

3 intervention   

n.介入，干涉，干预

参考例句：

• The government's intervention in this dispute will not help.政府对这场争论的干预不会起作用。
• Many people felt he would be hostile to the idea of foreign intervention.许多人觉得他会反对外来干预。

4 withdrawal   

n.取回，提款；撤退，撤军；收回，撤销

参考例句：

• The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
• They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。

5 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。