2007年VOA标准英语-Israel Strikes Hamas, Palestinian Leaders Postp

By Jim Teeple
Jerusalem
17 May 2007

Israeli aircraft carried out air strikes against Hamas militants² in the Gaza Strip and Israeli tanks moved to the Gaza border on Thursday. VOA's Jim Teeple reports a planned meeting of Palestinian leaders in Gaza was called off as violence that has claimed more than 50 Palestinian lives since Sunday continued.

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Smoke rises from an explosion following an Israeli airstrike on a building used by the militant group Hamas in Gaza City,  17 May 2007

After several days of rocket attacks against southern Israel -- Israeli forces struck back with force on Thursday -- destroying a command center used by Hamas militants in Gaza City.

Hamas has claimed responsibility for the rockets against southern Israel over the past few days which have forced the evacuation of the Israeli city of Sderot, which is near the Gaza border.

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned of a severe response to the attacks. At the same time his spokesperson, Miri Eisen, says Israel does not want to send its military back into the Gaza Strip.

"Right now the state of Israel in this very complex situation very clearly states we will defend our citizens, we will not be dragged by the Hamas back into the mud of Gaza," she said. "But we also will clearly fight against the terror that they are exporting and not allow them to drag us into their own domestic violence."

A truce³ between Israel and Palestinian militant groups agreed to last November has largely held. Senior Israeli officials say while they will carry out limited military operations against targets in Gaza, they have no plans for a large scale military invasion at this time.

The Israeli strike came as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas cancelled a trip to Gaza where he was to meet with Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh. Mr. Abbas heads Fatah, and Ismail Haniyeh is a senior leader of Hamas.

Gunmen from the two groups have been fighting each other over the past week. The violence flared⁴ after Mr. Abbas deployed⁵ several thousand Palestinian police in Gaza without coordinating⁶ with Hamas officials.

Saeb Erekat, a close aide to Mr. Abbas, says the Palestinian president still plans to travel to Gaza -- to try and get security forces from both groups to operate under a joint⁷ command.

"I think the president wants to go with a government in terms of implementing⁸ the security plan whereby they have to restore the rule of law, the one authority -- the one gun," he said. "That is what is needed."

Erekat says for now Mr. Abbas has no plans to declare a state of emergency -- essentially⁹ taking control of the Palestinian government himself -- in a bid to end the factional fighting. The violence over the past week has raised fears that the two-month old Palestinian unity¹⁰ government could collapse¹¹.

1 militant   

adj.激进的，好斗的；n.激进分子，斗士

参考例句：

• Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
• He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。

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 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。

4 Flared   

adj. 端部张开的, 爆发的, 加宽的, 漏斗式的 动词flare的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• The match flared and went out. 火柴闪亮了一下就熄了。
• The fire flared up when we thought it was out. 我们以为火已经熄灭，但它突然又燃烧起来。

5 deployed   

（尤指军事行动）使展开( deploy的过去式和过去分词 )； 施展； 部署； 有效地利用

参考例句：

• Tanks have been deployed all along the front line. 沿整个前线已部署了坦克。
• The artillery was deployed to bear on the fort. 火炮是对着那个碉堡部署的。

6 coordinating   

v.使协调，使调和( coordinate的现在分词 )；协调；协同；成为同等

参考例句：

• He abolished the Operations Coordinating Board and the Planning Board. 他废除了行动协调委员会和计划委员会。 来自辞典例句
• He's coordinating the wedding, and then we're not going to invite him? 他是来协调婚礼的，难道我们不去请他？ 来自电影对白

7 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

8 implementing   

v.实现( implement的现在分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• -- Implementing a comprehensive drug control strategy. ――实行综合治理的禁毒战略。 来自汉英非文学 - 白皮书
• He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle. 他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。 来自辞典例句

9 essentially   

adv.本质上，实质上，基本上

参考例句：

• Really great men are essentially modest.真正的伟人大都很谦虚。
• She is an essentially selfish person.她本质上是个自私自利的人。

10 unity   

n.团结，联合，统一；和睦，协调

参考例句：

• When we speak of unity,we do not mean unprincipled peace.所谓团结，并非一团和气。
• We must strengthen our unity in the face of powerful enemies.大敌当前，我们必须加强团结。

11 collapse   

vi.累倒；昏倒；倒塌；塌陷

参考例句：

• The country's economy is on the verge of collapse.国家的经济已到了崩溃的边缘。
• The engineer made a complete diagnosis of the bridge's collapse.工程师对桥的倒塌做了一次彻底的调查分析。