144 以色列军队在约旦河西岸射杀巴勒斯坦妇女
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144 以色列军队在约旦河西岸射杀巴勒斯坦妇女
Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian Woman in West Bank
Art Chimes
Jerusalem
11 Jul 2001 14:26 UTC
Israeli troops have shot and killed a Palestinian woman in the West Bank and, in a separate incident inside Israel, police say they 1)foiled a potential suicide bomber 1.
The Palestinian woman (identified as Rasmia Jabarin, in her 30s) was in a taxi traveling back roads in an attempt to avoid an Israeli military 2)checkpoint on her way to her job on an Israeli farm. Troops fired at the taxi and hit the woman, who died of her wounds at a hospital.
Israel says the travel restrictions 2 are necessary to prevent terrorist attacks, but Palestinians call the permits and checkpoints needed to travel into Israel a form of 3)collective punishment that prevents law-abiding 4)residents of the Gaza Strip and West Bank from working in Israel.
In a separate incident, police say they prevented a Palestinian man from detonating a bomb he was carrying in the northern town of Afula.
Police say they 5)confronted the man, who then tried to detonate the bomb he was carrying. The suspect's 6)affiliation was not immediately known, but the Islamic militant 3 group Hamas has promised to send 10 suicide bombers 4 against Israel to avenge 5 the death of an 11-year-old Palestinian boy killed Saturday by Israeli troops.
Israeli security forces have been on a heightened state of alert recently. Authorities at the country's main international airport are urging passengers to arrive four hours before their flights as 7)occupants of vehicles entering the airport are 8)interrogated before being allowed on the grounds.
More than 600 people have been killed since the Palestinian 9)uprising, or intifada, began late last year. About three-quarters of those killed have been Palestinians.
(1) foil[fCIl]n.箔vt.衬托, 阻止,挫败
(2) checkpoint[5tFekpCInt]n.检查站, 车站的行李房
(3) collective[kE5lektIv]adj.集体的n.集体
(4) resident[5rezIdEnt]n.居民adj.居住的, 常驻的
(5) confront[kEn5frQnt]vt.使面临, 对抗
(6) affiliation[EfIlI5eIF(E)n]n.联系, 从属关系
(7) occupant[5RkjJpEnt]n.占有者, 居住者
(8) interrogate[In5terE^eIt]vt.审问, 询问v.审问
(9) uprising[Qp5raIzIN]n.起义, 升起
- He flew a bomber during the war.他在战时驾驶轰炸机。
- Detectives hunting the London bombers will be keen to interview him.追查伦敦爆炸案凶犯的侦探们急于对他进行讯问。
- I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
- a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制
- Some militant leaders want to merge with white radicals.一些好斗的领导人要和白人中的激进派联合。
- He is a militant in the movement.他在那次运动中是个激进人物。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》