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Four Palestinian militants2 have been killed in an upsurge of violence in and around the Gaza Strip. Robert Berger reports from the VOA bureau in Jerusalem.Palestinians evacuate3 the body of a Palestinian into Shifa hospital in Gaza City, Sunday 16 Nov. 2008, following an Israeli airstrike |
Israel launched a deadly air strike against Palestinian militants who were firing mortar4 shells across the Gaza border. The air raid also followed a Palestinian rocket attack.
The Islamic militant1 group Hamas that rules Gaza promised retaliation5.
"Today's crime will not pass without punishment," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum.
But Hamas stopped short of saying that the five-month-old Gaza ceasefire is over, despite nearly two weeks of tit-for-tat attacks. During that period, 170 rockets and mortars6 have been fired at Israel and 15 Palestinian militants have been killed.
Israel also wants to preserve the cease-fire. But at the weekly Cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he ordered the army to present plans for various operations against what he called the "Hamas terrorist regime."
Mr. Olmert said Israel is not eager for battle, but does not fear it.
In a bid to pressure Hamas to halt the rocket fire, Israel has shut its borders with Gaza since fighting erupted 12 days ago.
Chris Gunness, spokesman for the U.N. agency that feeds 750,000 Palestinians, says it is a catastrophe7.
"We have no food. Our warehouses8 are empty. I cannot say it any clearer than that," Gunness said.
The United Nations and European Union have called for Israel to immediately reopen its border crossings with Gaza to prevent a humanitarian9 crisis.
1 militant | |
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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3 evacuate | |
v.遣送;搬空;抽出;排泄;大(小)便 | |
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4 mortar | |
n.灰浆,灰泥;迫击炮;v.把…用灰浆涂接合 | |
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5 retaliation | |
n.报复,反击 | |
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6 mortars | |
n.迫击炮( mortar的名词复数 );砂浆;房产;研钵 | |
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7 catastrophe | |
n.大灾难,大祸 | |
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8 warehouses | |
仓库,货栈( warehouse的名词复数 ) | |
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9 humanitarian | |
n.人道主义者,博爱者,基督凡人论者 | |
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