2006年VOA标准英语-Israel Expands Bombing of Lebanon

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
04 August 2006

At least 28 farm workers were killed Friday during an Israeli airstrike on a warehouse¹ located in Lebanese territory near the Syrian border. Hezbollah militants² said they killed six Israeli soldiers in heavy ground fighting in Lebanon, and Hezbollah rockets killed at least three Israeli civilians⁴ in northern Israel. Israel also pushed ahead with ground operations in the Gaza Strip.

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Residents walk across the collapsed⁵ bridge of Halat, which links Beirut to northern Lebanon, Aug. 4, 2006
  
Israeli airstrikes targeted Lebanon's Christian⁶ enclaves north of Beirut for the first time on Friday, destroying four bridges on Lebanon's main north-south highway. Airstrikes also repeatedly struck the predominately Shiite suburbs of southern Beirut.

On the ground in Lebanon, Israeli troops continued efforts to create a security zone along Israel's border, but they encountered stiff resistance. Foreign Ministry⁷ spokesman Mark Regev says Israel's army must destroy the threat from Hezbollah.

"The idea is to clear out those Hezbollah areas, so as to make sure that our civilian³ population will be safe from rocket launches," he said.

Israel occupied southern Lebanon for 18 years, pulling out six years ago after suffering heavy losses. Mark Regev says this campaign is different.

"We have made a decision not to re-occupy Lebanon," he said. "As a result, our ground strategy is flexible and mobile. The idea is that Hezbollah terrorists never know exactly where an Israeli position is. We want to beat them at their own game which is guerrilla warfare⁸. For that reason we are going in, and going out. We have this mobile strategy."

Meanwhile, Israeli troops backed by tanks and airstrikes carried out house-to-house searches in the southern Gaza Strip and clashed with Palestinian militants.

Three Palestinians, including two members of Hamas, were killed on Friday. Eight Palestinians, including a young boy were killed in clashes with Israeli troops on Thursday.

John Ging, the director of the U.N. Relief and Works Agency, UNRWA, in Gaza says the fighting in Lebanon is raising tensions in the Palestinian territories.

"It is clear with the number of public demonstrations⁹ that have taken place in the past number of days, there have been thousands of Palestinians out in the street expressing their frustration¹⁰ about the meltdown in the Middle East," he said. "In fact, one of those demonstrations went out of control of the organizers, and they ransacked¹¹ one of our U.N. premises¹². So the mood on the street is one of rising frustration and anger among the people."

At least 175 Palestinians, including 40 children, have been killed in Gaza since the end of June, when Israeli troops re-entered the Gaza Strip in response to the abduction of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants. Israel says it will withdraw from Gaza once its soldier is released and Palestinian militants stop firing rockets into Israel.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have agreed to reopen the Egypt-Gaza border on Saturday and Sunday, to allow one-way traffic out of Gaza into Egypt. Several weeks ago, the crossing was opened for a short period to allow people to pass from Egypt into Gaza. Israel says it also opened a second crossing to allow 160 trucks carrying food, medical supplies and fuel to enter the Gaza Strip.

1 warehouse   

n.仓库；vt.存入仓库

参考例句：

• We freighted the goods to the warehouse by truck.我们用卡车把货物运到仓库。
• The manager wants to clear off the old stocks in the warehouse.经理想把仓库里积压的存货处理掉。

2 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。

3 civilian   

adj.平民的，民用的，民众的

参考例句：

• There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
• He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。

4 civilians   

平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )； 老百姓

参考例句：

• the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
• At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。

5 collapsed   

adj.倒塌的

参考例句：

• Jack collapsed in agony on the floor. 杰克十分痛苦地瘫倒在地板上。
• The roof collapsed under the weight of snow. 房顶在雪的重压下突然坍塌下来。

6 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

7 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

8 warfare   

n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突

参考例句：

• He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。
• Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

9 demonstrations   

证明( demonstration的名词复数 )； 表明； 表达； 游行示威

参考例句：

• Lectures will be interspersed with practical demonstrations. 讲课中将不时插入实际示范。
• The new military government has banned strikes and demonstrations. 新的军人政府禁止罢工和示威活动。

10 frustration   

n.挫折，失败，失效，落空

参考例句：

• He had to fight back tears of frustration.他不得不强忍住失意的泪水。
• He beat his hands on the steering wheel in frustration.他沮丧地用手打了几下方向盘。

11 ransacked   

v.彻底搜查( ransack的过去式和过去分词 )；抢劫，掠夺

参考例句：

• The house had been ransacked by burglars. 这房子遭到了盗贼的洗劫。
• The house had been ransacked of all that was worth anything. 屋子里所有值钱的东西都被抢去了。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

12 premises   

n.建筑物，房屋

参考例句：

• According to the rules,no alcohol can be consumed on the premises.按照规定，场内不准饮酒。
• All repairs are done on the premises and not put out.全部修缮都在家里进行，不用送到外面去做。