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The incident occurred amid intensifying1 efforts for a prisoner exchange.
Robert Berger | Jerusalem 27 December 2009
Photo: AP
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, 27 Dec 2009
Israel is praising a deadly military operation in the West Bank that angered the Palestinian Authority. The incident occurred amid intensifying efforts for a prisoner exchange.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated the army for gunning down three Palestinian militants3 on Saturday in the West Bank town of Nablus. The raid came two days after the militants allegedly killed a Jewish settler in a roadside ambush4.
Mr. Netanyahu told the Cabinet one of the gunmen had been freed from an Israeli prison under an amnesty deal, highlighting the risks of an emerging prisoner swap5 with the Islamic militant2 group Hamas that rules the Gaza Strip. Israel has agreed in principal to release 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a captive soldier held for more than three years in Gaza.
Responding to criticism of the lopsided deal, Mr. Netanyahu said there would be no compromise in the war on terror.
He said Israel's policy on terrorism is clear, it would respond aggressively to any attack.
But the Palestinian Authority is furious over the Israel raid, which took place in territory under its control. Palestinian spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeineh called it an assassination6.
"This is a damaging act from the Israeli government, and it is going to lead to more instability, more violence," he said.
Mr. Netanyahu said he will fly on Tuesday to Egypt, which has been mediating7 between Israel and Hamas on the prisoner swap. The Prime Minister will meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
1 intensifying | |
v.(使)增强, (使)加剧( intensify的现在分词 );增辉 | |
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2 militant | |
adj.激进的,好斗的;n.激进分子,斗士 | |
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3 militants | |
激进分子,好斗分子( militant的名词复数 ) | |
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4 ambush | |
n.埋伏(地点);伏兵;v.埋伏;伏击 | |
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5 swap | |
n.交换;vt.交换,用...作交易 | |
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6 assassination | |
n.暗杀;暗杀事件 | |
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7 mediating | |
调停,调解,斡旋( mediate的现在分词 ); 居间促成; 影响…的发生; 使…可能发生 | |
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