9-28-2005

以军将领威胁清理加沙北部 (Israeli General Threatens to Clear Northeastern Gaza)

一名以色列高级将领警告说，如果巴勒斯坦人继续向附近的以色列城镇发射火箭，以色列将把加沙地带东北部地区变为非军事区。以军少将易色列.齐夫星期三在以色列陆军电台说，如果激进份子继续发射火箭，以色列可能会清理整个贝特哈农地区。

这个新的威胁发出之际，以色列扩大了针对哈马斯和伊斯兰圣战组织发动的五天加沙攻势，几十年来首次向加沙北部发射炮弹。以色列飞机攻击了加沙市的建筑物。没有听到人员伤亡的消息。

激进分子周末向以色列边境城镇发射火箭，引发以色列展开这次打击行动。尽管哈马斯宣布将停止袭击，但是以色列的打击行动在继续进行。

与此同时，以色列总理阿里埃勒.沙龙跟巴勒斯坦人领袖马哈茂德.阿巴斯定于下星期举行的会晤已经被推迟。新的会晤日期还没有宣布。

A top Israeli general is warning that Israel will turn the northeastern Gaza Strip into a demilitarized zone, if Palestinian rocket fire into nearby Israel continues. Speaking Wednesday on Israeli army radio, Major-General Yisrael Ziv said the entire area of Beit Hanoun could be cleared if militant rocket fire continues.

The new threat came as Israel widened its five-day Gaza campaign against Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants, firing artillery rounds into northern Gaza for the first time in decades. Israeli aircraft targeted buildings in Gaza City. There were no reports of casualties.

The Israeli strikes were triggered by weekend rocket fire from militants into Israeli border towns. Those strikes have continued despite an announcement that Hamas would stop attacking.

Meanwhile, a meeting set for next week between Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been postponed. No new date has been announced.

阿富汗首都发生自杀袭击九人丧生 (Nine Dead in Suicide Attack in Afghan Capital)

阿富汗官员说，一名自杀炸弹杀手星期三在喀布尔一个陆军训练中心外引爆炸弹身亡，炸死包括他本人在内的九人，炸伤至少20人。阿富汗国防部说，最初消息显示，多数死伤者都是阿富汗国民军官兵。

在东部的楠格哈尔省，一名外籍联合国工作人员被路边炸弹炸成重伤。爆炸发生在星期二晚间，当时，联合国的车队正在从一处项目地点返回。有关官员说，受伤的孟加拉籍工程师被送到喀布尔以北的巴格拉姆美军主要军事基地接受治疗。

同样也在星期二，阿富汗官员逮捕了五月间绑架意大利救援工作人员克莱门蒂娜.坎托尼的主要嫌疑人。坎托尼被绑三个星期后被释放，没有受到伤害。

Afghan officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up outside an army training center in Kabul Wednesday, killing nine people, including himself, and wounding at least 20 others. The Afghan Defense Ministry says initial reports indicate that most of the casualties are officers and soldiers of the Afghan National Army.

In the eastern Nangarhar province, a roadside explosion seriously wounded a foreign U.N. worker. The blast went off late Tuesday as a U.N. convoy was returning from a project site. Officials say the victim, a Bangladeshi engineer, was taken for treatment to the main U.S. military base at Bagram, north of Kabul.

Also Tuesday, Afghan authorities arrested the main suspect in the kidnapping of an Italian aid worker, Clementina Cantoni, in May. Cantoni was released three weeks later unharmed.