Welcome to the Voice of America's "News Words," This word is one you hear in many news stories that deal with violence:
Palestinians Thursday buried an 85-year-old man who died after inhaling tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers to disperse protesters
Palestinian officials claiming him as the first casualty of the conflict this year.A "casualty"is a person hurt or killed in a war
or in an accident.In war,a casualty can be a fighter who is lost through death,injury,or sickness.It can also mean a soldier who
is captured or missing in action.
Now,when you hear the word "casualty,"your English will be good enough to know what this News Word means.