围城三十天 以色列从加沙撤军

 　　Israel has announced the withdrawal¹ of all of its troops to "defensive² positions" outside the Gaza Strip.

　　以色列宣布将从加沙地带撤出全部军队，并保持防御状态。

　　Israel claims the main aim of the conflict - to destroy militants³' tunnels - has been achieved.

　　以色列宣布已经完成此次行动的主要目标：摧毁激进分子的地道。

　　Gaza officials say the four-week conflict has killed 1,800 Palestinians. Some 67 Israelis have also died.

　　加沙官方表示在长达4周的冲突中有1800名巴勒斯坦人和约67名以色列人丧生。

　　"The Israel Defence Forces will be redeployed in defensive positions outside the Gaza Strip and we will maintain those defensive positions," Israeli military spokesman Lt-Col Peter Lerner said.

　　以色列军方发言人彼得·勒纳中校说：“以色列国防军将在加沙地带外重新部署并保持防御状态。”

　　Just minutes before the truce⁴ came into effect, air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as Hamas militants fired a barrage⁵ of rockets at central Israel. Israeli forces also staged raids in Gaza shortly before the ceasefire began.

　　就在停火生效前不久，空袭警报在耶路撒冷和特拉维夫响起。哈马斯组织成员向以色列中部发射了多枚火箭弹。以色列同样在停火前攻击加沙。

　　Israel launched Operation Protective Edge on 8 July with the stated aim of ending rocket attacks and destroying tunnels used by Palestinian militants.

　　7月8日起，以色列开展护刃行动旨在阻止巴勒斯坦激进组织的火箭弹袭击并摧毁其地道。

　　In a statement just ahead of the withdrawal, the Israel Defence Forces said that since then it had taken out 32 tunnels designed to allow militants to carry out raids into Israel, destroyed 3,000 missiles and killed about 900 "terrorists".

　　以色列国防军在撤军前的声明中表示，共32条用来袭击以色列的地道和3000枚火箭弹被摧毁，900名“恐怖分子”被击毙。

1 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。

2 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

3 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。

4 truce   

n.休战，(争执，烦恼等的)缓和；v.以停战结束

参考例句：

• The hot weather gave the old man a truce from rheumatism.热天使这位老人暂时免受风湿病之苦。
• She had thought of flying out to breathe the fresh air in an interval of truce.她想跑出去呼吸一下休战期间的新鲜空气。

5 barrage   

n.火力网，弹幕

参考例句：

• The attack jumped off under cover of a barrage.进攻在炮火的掩护下开始了。
• The fierce artillery barrage destroyed the most part of the city in a few minutes.猛烈的炮火几分钟内便毁灭了这座城市的大部分地区。