TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a sentence in the Japanese language and your task is to convert it into the English language. In translation, keep numbers as it is and make it sentence case (capitalize only the first word of each sentence and noun).
PROBLEM: イスラエル軍はハマスに制圧された政府は「テロ活動を計画し指揮するための会合場所」であると語った。

SOLUTION: The Israeli military said the ministry office, controlled by Hamas, was "a meeting place to plan and direct terror activity."

PROBLEM: 目撃者の1人は通信社のVoiceofAmericaに対し、金曜日の朝に彼が自分の店で座っていたところ、大きな爆発で周辺が揺れ、空中にほこりが巻き上がって壁からものが落ちたと語った。

SOLUTION: One eyewitness told the Voice of America news agency he was sitting in his shop when a big explosion shook the area Friday morning, sending dust in the air and causing objects to fall from the walls.

PROBLEM: このような人権問題が、トルコのヨーロッパ連合への参加の試みへの長く続いてきた障害となってきた。

SOLUTION:
Such human rights concerns have long served as a stumbling block for Turkey's attempts to join the European Union.