2014年CRI 加沙联合国学校遭袭 阿尔及利亚失联客机在马里坠毁

 

At least 16 people have been killed and more than 200 injured when a UN-run school used as a shelter in Gaza came under fire.

Medics and witnesses say Israeli army tanks stationed north of the shelter fired four shells directly at the school.

The Israeli military though says the strike retaliation¹ for the fire which came from the facility school.

Palestinian families were in the school, trying to flee Israel's offensive against Hamas militants².

It is the fourth time in as many days that a UN facility has been hit, since Israel launched its military offensive on July 8.

Officials in Mali say the wreckage³ of a airplane that disappeared with 116 people on board on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers has been found in northern Mali.

The plane has gone down in the Kidal mountainous area near Algeria and Mali border .

A news organizaton according to the source from a Burkina Faso saying that searchers had found human remains⁴ and burnt and scattered⁵ plane wreckage.

Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane early on Thursday after pilots reported severe storms.

Among the passengers included 51 French citizens.

The MD-83 had been chartered from Spanish airline Swiftair.

1 retaliation   

n.报复，反击

参考例句：

• retaliation against UN workers 对联合国工作人员的报复
• He never said a single word in retaliation. 他从未说过一句反击的话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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 wreckage   

n.（失事飞机等的）残骸，破坏，毁坏

参考例句：

• They hauled him clear of the wreckage.他们把他从形骸中拖出来。
• New states were born out of the wreckage of old colonial empires.新生国家从老殖民帝国的废墟中诞生。

4 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

5 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。