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Israel pounds Gaza, vows to keep up attacks

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Israeli forces pounded Palestinian houses, mosques¹ and smuggling² tunnels from the air, land and sea in the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing³ at least seven children as they pressed a bruising⁴ offensive against Hamas fighters.

Israeli Defense⁵ Minister Ehud Barak said the campaign would continue till Israel achieved "peace and tranquility" for people in southern Israel, who have been bombarded by Palestinian rockets.

But far from backing down, Gaza's Hamas urged Palestinians to "crush" the invading forces and target Israeli civilians⁶.

A stream of diplomats⁷ and world leaders hoping to end the violence headed for the region to meet with Israeli leaders as outrage⁸ over rising Palestinian casualties mounted.

Gaza health officials said Israeli attacks that began on December 27 had killed 537 people and left about 2,000 injured. At least 200 of the dead were civilians.

Israeli forces seized sparsely⁹ populated areas in northern Gaza on Sunday and circled Gaza City, the territory's biggest town. Further movement into built-up areas would mean even deadlier urban warfare¹⁰, replete¹¹ with house-to-house fighting and sniper fire in crowded streets and alleyways familiar to Hamas' 20,000 fighters.

Israeli forces have been training in a mock Arab city for more than two years to prepare them for the urban battle they would encounter in Gaza, military spokeswoman Maj Avital Leibovich said. But she did not say whether troops would definitely enter Gaza's cities.

Thirteen civilians died in attacks across Gaza yesterday morning, said Gaza health official Dr Moaiya Hassanain.

Explosions could be heard in Gaza City as aircraft attacked buildings. Unmanned Israeli planes and Apache helicopters circled overhead, with the streets of Gaza City, home to 400,000 people, being almost empty.

Questions:

1. What is the name of the Israeli Defense Minister?

2. How many fighters does Hamas have?

3. Israeli forces were training where for more than two years?

Answers:

1. Ehud Barak.

2. 20, 000.

3. A mock Arab city.

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1 mosques
清真寺；伊斯兰教寺院，清真寺；清真寺，伊斯兰教寺院( mosque的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Why make us believe that this tunnel runs underneath the mosques? 为什么要让我们相信这条隧洞是在清真寺下？ The city's three biggest mosques, long fallen into disrepair, have been renovated. 城里最大的三座清真寺，过去年久失修，现在已经修复。

2 smuggling
n.走私
参考例句：
Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。 The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。

3 killing
n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财
参考例句：
Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。 Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

4 bruising
adj.殊死的；十分激烈的v.擦伤(bruise的现在分词形式)
参考例句：
He suffered cracked ribs and bruising. 他断了肋骨还有挫伤。 He slipped and fell, badly bruising an elbow. 他滑倒了，一只胳膊肘严重擦伤。来自辞典例句

5 defense
n.防御，保卫；[pl.]防务工事；辩护，答辩
参考例句：
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。

6 civilians
平民，百姓( civilian的名词复数 )；老百姓
参考例句：
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。

7 diplomats
n.外交官( diplomat的名词复数 )；有手腕的人，善于交际的人
参考例句：
These events led to the expulsion of senior diplomats from the country. 这些事件导致一些高级外交官被驱逐出境。 The court has no jurisdiction over foreign diplomats living in this country. 法院对驻本国的外交官无裁判权。来自《简明英汉词典》

8 outrage
n.暴行，侮辱，愤怒；vt.凌辱，激怒
参考例句：
When he heard the news he reacted with a sense of outrage.他得悉此事时义愤填膺。 We should never forget the outrage committed by the Japanese invaders.我们永远都不应该忘记日本侵略者犯下的暴行。

9 sparsely
adv.稀疏地；稀少地；不足地；贫乏地
参考例句：
Relative to the size, the city is sparsely populated. 与其面积相比，这个城市的人口是稀少的。来自《简明英汉词典》 The ground was sparsely covered with grass. 地面上稀疏地覆盖草丛。来自《简明英汉词典》

10 warfare
n.战争(状态)；斗争；冲突
参考例句：
He addressed the audience on the subject of atomic warfare.他向听众演讲有关原子战争的问题。 Their struggle consists mainly in peasant guerrilla warfare.他们的斗争主要是农民游击战。

11 replete
adj.饱满的，塞满的；n.贮蜜蚁
参考例句：
He was replete with food and drink.他吃喝得饱饱的。 This immense space may be replete with happiness and glory.这巨大的空间可能充满了幸福和光荣。

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