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When gunmen burst into Gaza’s Palestine Bank on Monday and demanded a quarter of a million dollars the branch manager had to give in - he couldn’t say no to the police.

當持槍者週一衝進加薩的巴勒斯坦銀行並要求25萬美元時，分行經理必須屈服—因為他無法對警察說不。

The incident in Gaza City took place when police run by the Islamist Hamas movement went to impose a court order unfreezing the assets of a health charity at the heart of a bitter factional dispute.

加薩市的這起案件，發生於伊斯蘭「哈瑪斯」組織管理的警方執行法院命令，解凍身處派系傾軋核心的某醫療慈善機構資產。

When the Friends of the Patient Society, which operates a small hospital in the impoverished territory, was taken over by Hamas earlier this year the Palestinian Authority in the occupied West Bank blocked the assets.

今年初，在這塊貧困土地經營一間小醫院的「病友社」被哈瑪斯接管時，約旦河西岸佔領區的巴勒斯坦自治政府凍結其資產。

A Gaza court run by Hamas then ordered the assets unfrozen and police were dispatched Monday to enforce it, putting them in the odd position of barging into a bank and asking it to hand over the dough.

後來由哈瑪斯管理的加薩法院下令資產解凍，警方也在週一獲派執行這道命令，導致他們陷入闖入銀行並要求對方交錢的窘境。

"Police carried out a court order today in favour of the Friends of the Patient Society," police spokesperson Ayman al-Batniji said.

「警方今天執行有利於『病友社』的法院命令，」警方發言人艾曼．阿巴尼吉說。

"In the beginning there were some problems, but then the branch manager cooperated and implemented the order," he added.

「一開始有一些狀況，但後來分行經理合作與履行命令，」他補充說。

新聞辭典

hold up：片語，持槍搶劫。例句：Several masked men held up a bank.（數名蒙面歹徒持槍搶劫銀行。）

barge into：片語，闖入、衝進。例句：The children barged into a room.（孩子們衝進房間。）

give in：片語，投降、屈服。例句：I gave in to my fate.（我向命運屈服。）