VOA常速英语2007年-Israeli Forces Launch Gaza Offensive, 4 Militan
时间：2019-02-07 作者：英语课 分类：VOA常速英语2007年（十二月）
Jerusalem
11 December 2007
At least four Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli ground incursion into the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the violence is casting a shadow over efforts to revive the peace process.
Israeli tanks pounded Palestinian militant 1 positions as they rolled across the border into southern Gaza Tuesday. The incursion sparked clashes with militants 2 armed with assault rifles, rocket propelled grenades and landmines 3.
Israeli aircraft also fired on militants in northern Gaza.
The army said the raids are aimed at halting Palestinian rocket attacks that have terrorized Israeli border communities.
"Israel's position is clear," said Israeli spokesman Mark Regev. "The current situation is intolerable and we will act to defend our people."
It was the biggest Israeli ground incursion since the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of Gaza in June, routing the Fatah forces of western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The fighting came a day before Israel and Mr. Abbas's Palestinian Authority in the West Bank are to resume formal peace talks after a seven-year break. The negotiations 4 were agreed upon at the Annapolis peace conference in the United States two weeks ago.
The radical 5 Islamic Jihad group, which suffered casualties in the Gaza fighting, said the Israeli ground assault is the fruit of Annapolis.
Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shihab said Israeli aggression 6 is proof that Annapolis was a failure. Both Islamic Jihad and Hamas refuse to renounce 7 violence and oppose peace talks with Israel.
Palestinian officials in the West Bank also condemned 8 the Israeli incursion. They accuse Israel of sabotaging 9 peace talks even before they begin.
- 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。
- 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 treaty bans the use production and trade of landmines. 该条约规定，禁止使用地雷相关产品及贸易。
- One of the weapon's of special concern was landmines. 在引起人们特别关注的武器中就有地雷。
- negotiations for a durable peace 为持久和平而进行的谈判
- Negotiations have failed to establish any middle ground. 谈判未能达成任何妥协。
- The patient got a radical cure in the hospital.病人在医院得到了根治。
- She is radical in her demands.她的要求十分偏激。
- So long as we are firmly united, we need fear no aggression.只要我们紧密地团结，就不必惧怕外来侵略。
- Her view is that aggression is part of human nature.她认为攻击性是人类本性的一部份。
- She decided to renounce the world and enter a convent.她决定弃绝尘世去当修女。
- It was painful for him to renounce his son.宣布与儿子脱离关系对他来说是很痛苦的。