行政部门一直在为战争辩解。

The administration has been on the defensive about the war.

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为了达到这样的目的，各科部门开办广告活动，然而这些活动有时候让人们害怕。 它力劝人们为战争贡献力量。

And to ask for these directly, various departments of the federal government launched ad campaigns that urged -- sometimes scared -- people to contribute to the war effort.

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以色列在加沙的暴行激起了全世界的怒火，根据巴勒斯坦卫生部门工作人员的统计，妇孺占了战争死者的三分之一。

Israel was facing rising international outrage over its Gaza offensive, in which nearly one-third of those killed were women and children, according to Palestinian health workers.

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