2006年VOA标准英语-Heavy Fighting Reported on Israel-Lebanon Borde
时间：2019-01-06 作者：英语课 分类：2006年VOA标准英语（七月）
Jerusalem
20 July 2006
watch Middle East report
At least 11 Israeli soldiers have been wounded in several clashes with Hezbollah militants 1 on the Lebanese side of the Israel-Lebanon border. Hezbollah also continued firing rockets into northern Israel Thursday as Israeli warplanes carried out strikes in Lebanon.
Israeli ground troops were involved in a series of clashes with Hezbollah militants as the Israeli army continued limited ground operations in Lebanon. Israel is warning residents south of the Litani River, about 30 kilometers inside Lebanon, to leave the area.
Defense 2 Minister Amir Peretz says Israel will use all means at its disposal to push Hezbollah out of south Lebanon.
Peretz says Israel has no intention of occupying Lebanon, but Israel will not retreat from defeating Hezbollah.
Israel's senior army commander says the fighting could go on for an extended period of time. Israeli warplanes carried out more strikes against targets in Beirut's southern suburbs Thursday.
Lebanese officials say more than 500,000 people have been displaced as a result of the fighting. Nearly all of the casualties in Lebanon have been civilians 4. Yigal Palmor of Israel's Foreign Ministry 5 says that is because Hezbollah has based its operations in civilian 3 areas.
"We never target civilian objectives," he said. "However Hezbollah has been using the population as a human shield. They have been storing weapons and rockets in civilian homes and buildings and they have been firing rockets from within villages and civilian population centers."
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says the bombing will continue, as long as Hezbollah continues to hold two Israeli soldiers it captured last week, and until the Lebanese Army moves into positions now occupied by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.
Meanwhile, Israel dropped leaflets across the Gaza Strip Thursday, warning Palestinians that anyone hiding weapons will be targeted. Israel carried out a several air strikes in Gaza and Israeli troops clashed with Palestinians at several locations.
- 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。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- There is no reliable information about civilian casualties.关于平民的伤亡还没有确凿的信息。
- He resigned his commission to take up a civilian job.他辞去军职而从事平民工作。
- the bloody massacre of innocent civilians 对无辜平民的血腥屠杀
- At least 300 civilians are unaccounted for after the bombing raids. 遭轰炸袭击之后，至少有300名平民下落不明。