以色列擴大對加沙地帶軍事打擊

The Palestinian death toll passed 400 yesterday as over 60 people were killed in Gaza City as Israel extended its ground offensive in its war against Hamas, sparking the most deadly day of fighting in the besieged territory.

以色列擴大了針對哈馬斯(Hamas)的地面軍事行動。昨日超過60人在加沙城(Gaza City)喪生，這是近日加沙地帶作戰導致死亡人數最多的一天。截至昨日巴勒斯坦的死亡人數已超過400人。

Israel stepped up its attacks against the Islamic militants, targeting tunnel networks on the border and shelling the al-Shuja’iya neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City. The air and tank strikes, as well as gunfire, left many civilians, including children, dead or wounded.

以色列加強了對伊斯蘭主義武裝人員的攻勢，重點打擊邊境的地道網絡，並對加沙城東部的al-Shuja' iya區進行炮擊。空襲、坦克襲擊和炮火導致許多平民死傷，其中包括多名兒童。

Hamas fighters engaged Israeli troops with rocket propelled grenades and gunfire. Journalists reported seeing dead and wounded in the streets, some of whom could not be treated because of the intensity of the fighting. Israel agreed to a ceasefire in the afternoon to let medics treat the injured.

哈馬斯武裝人員用火箭推進榴彈和槍支迎擊以色列軍隊。據報道記者們在當地街道上看到死傷人員，由於戰鬥十分激烈，一些傷員無法得到救治。以色列在昨日下午同意停火，以便醫務人員搶救傷者。

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of carrying out a “massacre” and declared three days’ mourning.

巴勒斯坦總統馬哈茂德•阿巴斯(Mahmoud Abbas)指責以色列進行“屠殺”，宣佈哀悼三日。

The US urged Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal to halt what secretary of state John Kerry called an “ugly” war. Hamas had to “recognise their own responsibility”, he added.

聯合國(UN)敦促哈馬斯接受停火協議，停止美國國務卿約翰•克里(John Kerry)所說的“醜陋”的戰爭。克里補充道，哈馬斯應該“認識到自己的責任”。

Israel’s military said that 13 members of its Golani infantry brigade had been killed in yesterday’s offensive, bringing the total Israeli military casualties to 18 in the nearly two-week-old war. Two civilians have been killed in attacks on Israel.

以色列軍方表示，在昨日的攻勢中，其戈蘭尼步兵旅(Golani infantry brigade)有13名士兵陣亡，這使以軍在這場近兩週的戰爭中的陣亡人數達到18人。還有兩名以色列平民在襲擊中喪生。

Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict continued, with Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general, set to fly to Doha to hold talks with Mr Abbas and Qatari officials.

旨在終結這場衝突的外交努力仍在繼續，聯合國祕書長潘基文(Ban Ki-moon)將乘機前往多哈，與阿巴斯和卡塔爾的官員進行會談。

The UN said thousands more people had fled their homes to seek refuge in schools or other shelters because of the fighting.

聯合國表示，由於衝突，幾千人從家中逃離，到學校或其他庇護場所避難。

“We have seen another massive increase in displacement from Shuja’iya, but also in the east,” said Bob Turner, head of UNRWA’s Gaza field office. The UN said it was sheltering 70,000 displaced people at 57 schools.

聯合國近東巴勒斯坦難民救濟和工程處(UNRWA)加沙辦公室鮑勃•特納說：“我們看到Shuja' iya地帶和東部地區的逃難人數又一次大幅上升。”聯合國表示,已經將7萬名難民安置在57所學校裏。