Military retaliation, however, is unlikely, analysts say.

分析人士认为，军事报复似乎不太可能。

youdao

Israeli warplanes were again in the skies over the Gaza Strip, hitting what military officials said were Hamas targets in retaliation for two rocket attacks on southern Israel on Sunday.

以色列的战机再次出现在加沙上空袭击军事官员称为哈马斯的目标，以报复星期天以色列南部遭受的两次导弹袭击。

youdao

So the question is: Does the United States have any other option short of some sort of massive military retaliation?

CNN: Jamie McIntyre on Bush's missile defense system

Mr Sharon even pointedly omitted Mr Netanyahu from a meeting he held with Mr Mofaz and other security officials to plan the military retaliation.

ECONOMIST: Reprisals and politics

The post-Cold War world is much more complex, the threats are much less clear and in that kind of a situation, the United States feels that in its defense and in the defense of its allies, it has to have more options than just the option of a massive military retaliation.

CNN: Jamie McIntyre on Bush's missile defense system