福克斯新闻 美国士兵在伊拉克救援人质行动当中丧生

The Pentagon has confirmed that an overnight hostage rescue mission in Iraq has resulted in one dead American soldier the first American soldier killed in action in Iraq since 2011.

The overnight raid at an ISIS prison in northern Iraq near Tikrit involved the rescue of over 70 hostages-most from Iraqi security forces.

A senior defense¹ officials says US rescue forces moved in when it was apparent that ISIS hostage takers were planning to kill the hostages.

Ten ISIS hostage takers were also killed during the raid.

五角大楼方面已证实,伊拉克夜间的一次拯救人质行动已经造成美国1名士兵死亡。这是自2011年以来美国作战人员第一次在地面战中死亡。

此次对伊拉克北部提克里特附近伊西斯监狱的夜间突袭行动共救出70多名人质—大部分人是伊拉克安全部队的士兵。

一位高级国防官员表示美国救援部队赶到时,很明显,极端恐怖组织“ISIS”正打算杀害人质。

这个恐怖组织的10名战士在此次突袭中死亡。

1 defense   

n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩

参考例句：

• The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
• The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。