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Ross Dunn
Israel has launched air-strikes at targets linked to the Islamic militant1 group Hamas in Gaza City, in response to the killing2 of a pregnant Jewish woman and her four daughters. Witnesses say several people have been injured. Observers say the violence could influence the outcome of a Likud Party referendum on a plan for an Israeli withdrawal3 from Gaza and parts of the West Bank.
An Israeli military helicopter fired three missiles at a 14 story-building in Gaza City that houses a radio station associated with Hamas and a Palestinian newspaper. Palestinian witnesses say that an official of Hamas was being interviewed at the time the missiles were launched. Part of the building's roof collapsed4 and residents say some of the tenants5 could be seen screaming from balconies for help.
Earlier, Palestinian gunmen ambushed7 a car on a road leading to the Jewish settlement in Gush8 Katif, killing an Israeli woman and her four children in a hail of gunfire.
Two Palestinian groups claimed responsibility, including the Islamic Jihad, listed by the State Department as a terrorist organization, and the Popular Resistance Committees, an umbrella group responsible for other attacks in the Gaza Strip.
But Israeli officials have placed the blame on Palestinian President Yasser Arafat and Hamas, another group that has carried out frequent suicide bombings and attacks that have killed dozens of Israelis.
Ranaan Gissin, a spokesman for Ariel Sharon, said the killing of the five Israelis was an attempt to sabotage10 the Israeli Prime Minister's plan to withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. "The fact that this attack was timed today clearly indicates that the terrorist organization, Hamas, which is actually implementing12 Arafat's strategy of terror, and Arafat, who is continuing with his strategy, really are fearful that this plan will go through because this plan is very good for Israel. It will allow us the degrees of freedom to fight against terrorism that we need and at the same time will prevent or will remove any excuse from Palestinians of not fighting terrorism of taking action against the terrorists,"
He spoke9 just hours before voting was to close at 443 polling booths across the country for nearly 200,000 eligible13 members of the Likud.
As voting got underway, Mr. Sharon made a final appeal to his party to vote in favor of his unilateral disengagement plan from Palestinian areas. He says that his plan is necessary to bolster14 Israel's overall security and a rejection15 by Likud members could place the nation's future at risk.
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air-strikes 空袭
outcome [5autkQm] n. 结果
Likud Party 利库德集团(以色列右翼党派的政治联盟,长期为以色列执政党)
tenant [5tenEnt] n. 承租人
balcony [5bAlkEni] n. 阳台
ambush6 [5AmbuF] v. 埋伏
Gush Katif 古什卡蒂夫,犹太人定居区
hail [heil] n. 如下雹子般,一阵
Islamic Jihad 伊斯兰圣战组织
State Department 国务院
Popular Resistance Committees 人民抵抗委员会
umbrella [Qm5brelE] n. 庇护,保护伞
sabotage [5sAbEtB:V] v. 进行破坏
implement11 [5implimEnt] v. 执行
polling booth n. 投票站
eligible [5elidVEbl] adj. 符合条件的,适任的
1 militant | |
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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2 killing | |
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财 | |
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3 withdrawal | |
n.取回,提款;撤退,撤军;收回,撤销 | |
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4 collapsed | |
adj.倒塌的 | |
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5 tenants | |
n.房客( tenant的名词复数 );佃户;占用者;占有者 | |
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6 ambush | |
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击 | |
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v.埋伏( ambush的过去式和过去分词 );埋伏着 | |
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8 gush | |
v.喷,涌;滔滔不绝(说话);n.喷,涌流;迸发 | |
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9 spoke | |
n.(车轮的)辐条;轮辐;破坏某人的计划;阻挠某人的行动 v.讲,谈(speak的过去式);说;演说;从某种观点来说 | |
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n.怠工,破坏活动,破坏;v.从事破坏活动,妨害,破坏 | |
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n.(pl.)工具,器具;vt.实行,实施,执行 | |
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v.实现( implement的现在分词 );执行;贯彻;使生效 | |
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13 eligible | |
adj.有条件被选中的;(尤指婚姻等)合适(意)的 | |
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n.枕垫;v.支持,鼓励 | |
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n.拒绝,被拒,抛弃,被弃 | |
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