Bank ’held up’ ... by the police? 銀行遭警察「搶劫」？

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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。）