以色列国防部副部长博伊姆17日表示，若巴勒斯坦民族权力机构不采取措施打击巴武装人员，以军将在“数小时内”对加沙地带发动大规模地面进攻。外电报道如下：Israel threatened Sunday to invade Gaza if Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas does not control militants¹ who have stepped up rocket and mortar² attacks ahead of Israel's planned pullout from the coastal³ strip next month. Abbas pledged to do his utmost to stop the barrages⁴ but warned that an invasion of Gaza would "sabotage⁵ everything."

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said all restraints are off and thousands of Israeli troops have massed along the Gaza border. The sudden escalation⁶ is the most serious threat yet to a 5-month-old truce⁷ that had drastically reduced Palestinian-Israeli violence after more than four years of bloodshed.

More than 100 rockets and mortars⁸ have rained down on Gaza settlements and Israeli villages just outside the territory in the last four days. Hamas leaders say they are retaliating⁹ for Israeli violations¹⁰ of the truce.

Sabotage表示“从事破坏活动，蓄意破坏，妨害”，例如：Enemy agents sabotaged¹¹ the arms factory.（敌特蓄意破毁了军工厂。）；sabotage peace（破坏和平）；sabotage an agreement（破坏协定）。

据悉，博伊姆在接受以色列电台采访时说，本周末，以军步兵和包括坦克在内的装甲部队已在加沙附近集结完毕。巴勒斯坦当局需要认真转变态度，否则以色列的大规模军事行动将不可避免。