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261 以色列袭击加沙地带“武器工厂”
Israel Attacks Gaza 'Weapons Factory'
Jenny Badner
Jerusalem
28 Jul 2001 11:04 UTC
Israel has fired missiles at a building in the Gaza Strip which it says was used as a weapons factory. The action followed a 1)mortar1 bomb attack at a Jewish settlement. The Palestinian Authority has repeated its call for international monitors coming not only from the United States, but also from Europe.
Israeli 2)helicopter gunships flew into the Palestinian-controlled area of the Gaza Strip Saturday, attacking a building Israel called a weapons factory.
Palestinian 3)witnesses say the helicopters fired at least three missiles.
The Israeli army says the operation in the Khan Yunis 4)refugee camp was in response to at least three Palestinian mortar attacks at the Gush2 Katif Jewish settlement also in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli attack inside Palestinian-controlled 5)territory came one day after Israeli tanks destroyed three Palestinian police posts near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
One post belonged to Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's elite3 Force 17 security unit. That action followed the fatal shooting of an Israeli teenager inside a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem.
Israeli security forces say they are on high 6)alert for terror attacks inside Israel, especially after the discovery of an explosive device hidden in a 7)watermelon on a bus parked next to a Jerusalem shopping mall.
Israel has renewed its demand that the Palestinian Authority 8)rein4 in militants5 targeting Israeli soldiers and civilians6.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Cabinet, which met in the Gaza Strip on Friday, repeated its call for international monitors, following the Israeli military actions inside areas under Palestinian control.
Speaking on the Voice of Palestine Radio, Palestinian Cabinet Minister Nabil Sha'ath said the Palestinians want several states, including Europe and the United States, to be represented in an observer force.
Israel had been 9)vehemently7 opposed to international monitors since the beginning of the Palestinian uprising in September. But last week, Israel's defense8 minister said Israel might be willing to accept such a force if it is made up only of Americans.
Palestinians say monitors in the West Bank and Gaza Strip could help 10)implement a U.S.-brokered 11)ceasefire, which so far has failed to take hold.
(1) mortar[5mC:tE(r)]n.迫击炮vt.用灰泥涂抹
(2) helicopter[5helIkRptE(r)]n.直升(飞)机, 直升机
(3) witness[5wItnIs]n.[律]证人, 目击者, 证据vt.目击, 为...作证
(4) refugee[refjJ:5dVi:; (?@) 5refjJdVi:]n.难民, 流亡者
(5) territory[5terItErI; (?@) -tC:rI]n.领土, 版图, 地域
(6) alert[E5l:t]adj.提防的, 警惕的n.警惕, 警报
(7) watermelon[5wC:tEmelEn]n.西瓜
(8) rein in v.放慢, 止住, 控制
(9) vehemently adv.激烈地, 暴烈地
(10) implement[5ImplImEnt]n.工具, 器具vt.贯彻, 实现v.执行
(11) ceasefire n.停火,停战
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n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合 | |
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n.精英阶层;实力集团;adj.杰出的,卓越的 | |
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4 rein | |
n.疆绳,统治,支配;vt.以僵绳控制,统治 | |
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5 militants | |
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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6 civilians | |
平民,百姓( civilian的名词复数 ); 老百姓 | |
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adv. 热烈地 | |
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8 defense | |
n.防御,保卫;[pl.]防务工事;辩护,答辩 | |
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