【6月13日】看軍聞學英語

■刀客

原文:

Amid spiraling violence sparked by clashes in Jerusalem, a familiar sound has returned to southern Israel: the blare of rocket sirens and the explosions of Iron Dome interceptors.

While the back and forth of Palestinian rockets being largely disabled by Israel's widely lauded missile defense system, and subsequent Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, is routine, the current round of conflict is unusually intense.

Since violence between Israel and Palestinians began to escalate on Monday, hundreds of rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip, killing at least six Israelis. On Tuesday, Hamas launched a volley of rockets at Tel Aviv, Israel's largest city, after it said a high-rise building in Gaza was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike.

中譯:

正當耶路撒冷衝突所引發的暴力氛圍急遽惡化之際,以色列南部再度泛起一股熟悉的聲響─火箭彈警報器的刺耳嘎響,以及「鐵穹」攔截系統的高爆音場。

儘管巴勒斯坦一波波的火箭彈攻勢遭以色列飛彈防禦系統破解,而以色列接續空襲加薩的戲碼也成為例行公事,然當前這場衝突卻顯異常激烈。

自以色列與巴勒斯坦的暴力衝突於5月10

日加劇以來,從加薩走廊所發射的數百枚火箭彈,至少炸死6名以色列人。就在哈瑪斯指出,加薩一棟大樓遭以色列空襲摧毀後,週二即針對以色列最大的城市特拉維夫,齊射大批火箭彈。 (第5篇/共13篇)

─關鍵軍語─

※blare:

A loud harsh sound.

※escalate:

To increase in seriousness or intensity.

※destroy:

To put an end to the existence of something by damaging or attacking it.

例句:

U.S.-led coalition forces destroyed an insurgent headquarters near Kandahar overnight

以美國為首的聯軍,連夜摧毀坎達哈附近的叛亂分子總部。

新聞來源:華盛頓郵報(The Washington Post)