94 以色列发生汽车爆炸事件

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94 以色列发生汽车爆炸事件

Car Bombs Explode in Israel
Meredith Buel
Jerusalem
2 Jul 2001 11:14 UTC

Israeli police say two car bombs have went off Monday in a town near Tel Aviv, but there were no serious 1)injuries. The bombings came a day after five Palestinians were killed by the Israeli military in the West Bank.
The car bombs 2)exploded in the central Israeli town of Yehud, a few kilometers from Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv.
The 3)blasts destroyed a number of cars, and some residents were taken to the hospital and treated for shock.
The radial Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine 4)claimed 5)responsibility for the bombings.
The explosions came a day after five Palestinians were killed in two separate incidents in the West Bank.
Late Sunday Palestinian officials say three members of the 6)militant Islamic Jihad group were killed in a 7)missile attack by an Israeli combat helicopter.
The men were riding in a car near the northern West Bank town of Jenin when it was destroyed.
Israeli officials say the car was packed with explosives and the men were on their way to carry out a terrorist attack.
One of the men, Mohammed Besharat, was on Israel's most-wanted list of militants¹ who have 8)allegedly planned terrorist attacks against Israelis.
On Monday thousands of people attended the 9)funerals for the men and 10)vowed they would no longer observe the 11)truce².
Palestinian officials say Israel is carrying out a policy of 12)assassinations against Islamic militants. The Israeli military had no official comment on the incident.
Earlier, Israeli soldiers killed two members of the Islamic group Hamas. The army says the men were preparing a terrorist attack.
The latest violence is threatening a U.S. brokered³ cease-fire designed to end more than nine-months of Israeli-Palestinian bloodshed.
An adviser⁴ to Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Nabil Abu Rudeinah, told reporters if Israel continues its policy of assassinating⁵ Palestinian militants it will cause the truce to collapse⁶.
Also Monday, the Israeli military announced that its 13)chief of staff, Lieutenant⁷ General Shaul Mofaz, has cut short a visit to the United States.
The army gave no reason for his early return, but the decision came against the backdrop of the 14)upsurge in violence and hostilities⁸ along the Israeli-Lebanese border.
On Sunday, Israeli warplanes attacked Syrian positions inside Lebanon in retaliation⁹ for an attack by Hezbollah 15)guerrillas on the border.

(1) injury[5IndVErI]n.伤害, 侮辱
(2) exploded[Ik5splEJdId]adj.爆破了的, 被打破的
(3) blast[blB:st;blAst]n.一阵(风), 一股(气流), 爆炸, 冲击波
(4) claim[kleIm]vt.(根据权利)要求,声称, 主张, 需要
(5) responsibility[rIspRnsI5bIlItI]n.责任, 职责
(6) militant[5mIlItEnt]adj.好战的, 积极从事或支持使用武力的
(7) missile[5mIsaIl]n.导弹, 发射物
(8) allegedly[E5ledVIdlI]adv.依其申述
(9) funeral[5fju:5nEr(E)l]n.葬礼, 出殡
(10) vow[vaJ]n.誓约v.宣誓, 立誓, 发誓
(11) truce[tru:s]n.休战, 休战协定, 休止
(12) assassination n.暗杀
(13) chief of staff n.(陆海空军的)参谋长,<美>(陆空军)司令
(14) upsurge[5Qps:dV]n.高潮
(15) guerrilla[^E5rIlE]n.游击战, 游击队