Posted on 05/26/2021 5:59:38 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees apologized Tuesday for telling Israel’s Channel 12 in an interview Israeli military strikes in the Gaza Strip were “precise” and “sophisticated.”
Gaza director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Matthias Schmale’s remarks sparked outrage from the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group, which accused him of being a “spokesperson for the occupation army” who was exonerating Israel over the deaths of 254 Palestinians.
After acknowledging the IDF’s strikes were “very precise,” Schmale told Channel 12: “I also have the impression that there is a huge sophistication in the way the Israeli military struck over the last 11 days.”
He also said while at least 1,000 residential units were destroyed, there were not currently any shortages of food, medicine or water in Gaza as Israel had reopened the crossings.
“I’ve had many colleagues describe to me that they feel that, in comparison with the 2014 war, this time the strikes felt much more vicious in terms of their impact,” Schmale said. “So yes, they didn’t hit – with some exceptions – civilian targets, but the viciousness, ferocity of the strikes was heavily felt.”
Schmale issued an apology later Tuesday, saying his remarks were taken out of context and manipulated in favor of Israel.
“This is blatant manipulation of my interview, I did NOT say the IDF operated within the laws of war,” Schmale wrote on Twitter.
“No one has forced me into an apology,” Schmale added.
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I wonder what the response would be if Isreal launched 1,200 unguided rockets into the Gaza Strip?
In other words, they hit their targets and were very effective.
Gaza director of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Matthias Schmale’s remarks sparked outrage from the Gaza-ruling Hamas terror group, which accused him of being a “spokesperson for the occupation army” who was exonerating Israel over the deaths of 254 Palestinians... “This is blatant manipulation of my interview, I did NOT say the IDF operated within the laws of war,” Schmale wrote on Twitter.
UNRWA should have been targeted and annihilated.
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