Israeli forces on Wednesday killed a top West Bank commander of the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad in an operation in the occupied West Bank. In response, the group launched Qassam rockets against southern Israel from the Gaza Strip. Also Wednesday, an exiled leader of the Islamic militant group Hamas ruled out a prisoner exchange with Israel.
以色列军队星期三在约旦河西岸占领区采取的一次军事行动中打死了一名约旦河西岸巴勒斯坦激进组织伊斯兰圣战组织的高级指挥官。伊斯兰圣战组织从加沙地带用卡萨姆火箭攻击以色列南部进行报复。同时也在星期三，伊斯兰激进组织哈马斯的一位流亡领导人排除了和以色列交换囚犯的可能。
Palestinian militants in Gaza launched more than 40 Qassam rockets against the town of Sderot, just across the Gaza border in southern Israel. The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for most of the attacks, saying they were in retaliation for the killing by Israeli forces early Wednesday of Walid Obeidi, a senior Islamic Jihad military commander in the West Bank.
加沙地带的巴勒斯坦激进分子向以色列南部城镇斯德洛特发射了40多枚卡萨姆火箭。斯德洛特位于与加沙交界的以色列一侧。巴勒斯坦激进组织伊斯兰圣战组织声称大部分火箭是他们发射的。他们说，这是对以色列军队星期三上午打死他们在约旦河西岸的高级指挥官奥贝迪一事进行报复。
In the Gaza strip, ruled by the Islamic militant group Hamas, Palestinian medical workers said an Israeli air strike near Gaza City killed at least three Palestinian civilians, including a teenager. Israeli military authorities say they regret any loss of civilian life and have begun an investigation into the incident.
在哈马斯控制的加沙地带，巴勒斯坦医护人员说，以色列在加沙市附近进行的一次空袭中至少炸死3名巴勒斯坦平民，包括一名少年。以色列军方说，他们对有平民丧生感到遗憾，并且说，已经对这个事件展开调查。
On Tuesday, at least 14 Palestinian militants and three Palestinian civilians were killed during an Israeli incursion into the Gaza strip. It was the most violent clash between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants since the Mideast peace process was revived last November. Also Tuesday, a Palestinian sniper killed an Ecuadorian volunteer working at an Israeli kibbutz near the Gaza border.
Meanwhile, in Syria on Wednesday, Khaled Meshaal, an exiled leader of the Islamist Hamas movement, said Israeli actions over the past two days in Gaza have put an end to the possibility that Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be exchanged for Hamas prisoners anytime soon.
同时，伊斯兰哈马斯运动流亡海外的领导人麦沙尔星期三在叙利亚表示，以色列两天来在加沙的行动使以色列士兵沙利特尽快与哈马斯囚犯交换一事变得不可能。
Meshaal says Israeli actions will deprive Israel of getting Shalit back home, something he says Israel has been counting on.
麦沙尔说，以色列的行动使以色列失去让沙利特回家的机会。他说，那本来是以色列方面所期望的。
The Hamas leader also said Israeli actions have ruled out any chances of a truce between Hamas and Israel, and he criticized Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for continuing talks with Israel while Palestinians are being killed in Gaza.
他还说，以色列的行动排除了哈马斯和以色列停战的机会。麦沙尔批评巴勒斯坦民族权力机构主席阿巴斯在加沙的巴勒斯坦人被杀害之际继续和以色列谈判。
A senior Israeli government official contacted by VOA says the Israeli government will not comment publicly on the matter, but that Israel demands the immediate release of Corporal Shalit, captured by Palestinian militants in 2006 from an Israeli post along the Gaza border.
以色列政府的一位高级官员在答复美国之音记者提出的问题时说，以色列政府不会公开对此事进行评论，但是以色列政府要求立即释放2006年被巴勒斯坦激进分子俘获的下士沙利特。他是在加沙交界处的一个以色列哨所被抓走的。 |