{"id":541511,"date":"2021-05-26T13:35:55","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=541511"},"modified":"2021-05-26T13:35:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T17:35:56","slug":"gaza-un-director-retracts-praise-for-precision-of-idf-strikes-after-criticism-from-hamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-un-director-retracts-praise-for-precision-of-idf-strikes-after-criticism-from-hamas\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza UN Director Retracts Praise for \u2018Precision\u2019 of IDF Strikes After Criticism From Hamas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgaza-un-director-retracts-praise-for-precision-of-idf-strikes-after-criticism-from-hamas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=541511&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas2-scaled-e1622045816116.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza retracted his praise for the &#8220;precision&#8221; of the Israel Defense Forces&#8217; strikes against Hamas after facing backlash from the terrorist group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Matthias Schmale, head of UNRWA in Gaza, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/arab-israeli-conflict\/gazans-outraged-after-unrwa-director-says-idf-strikes-were-precise-669090?_ga=2.137493555.2035523626.1621932878-1229034299.1617710680&amp;utm_source=ActiveCampaign&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=UN+poised+to+approve+war+crimes+probe+into+Israel+on+Gaza%2C+Jerusalem&amp;utm_campaign=May+26%2C+2021+Day\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> Saturday that the IDF showed &#8220;huge sophistication&#8221; in its counterattacks against Hamas during the Gaza crisis, countering criticisms that the IDF has carelessly endangered the lives of Palestinian civilians.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;I have the impression that there is a huge sophistication in the way the Israeli military struck over the last 11 days, so that&#8217;s not my issue,&#8221; Schmale said. &#8220;They didn&#8217;t hit\u2014with some exceptions\u2014civilian targets, but the viciousness, ferocity of the strikes was heavily felt.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Schmale&#8217;s comments received mixed reactions from those in the region. A former IDF spokesman praised Schmale for his comments, while Hamas accused the UN official of acting as a spokesman for the &#8220;occupation army.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After vicious criticism from Hamas and others, Schmale walked back his praise for the IDF. The UNRWA chief <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matzschmale\/status\/1397122729241944070\">apologized<\/a> for the remarks on Tuesday and said Israel should be investigated for war crimes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;This is blatant manipulation of my interview, I did NOT say the IDF operated within the laws of war,&#8221; Schmale <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/matzschmale\/status\/1397391730471755778\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. &#8220;Killing more than 200 civilians including innocent women &amp; children is NOT acting within laws of war. There must be independent investigation &amp; accountability for those actions.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Schmale\u2019s organization\u2014which is intended to provide humanitarian support to civilians in the Gaza Strip\u2014has faced scrutiny for how it uses U.S. taxpayer aid. In April, the <\/span><i><span>Washington Free Beacon<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/unrwa-caught-teaching-terrorism-jew-hatred-as-biden-admin-resumes-taxpayer-funding\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that the UNRWA instructs children using militant Palestinian educational materials. Footage obtained from UNRWA schools shows children calling for the destruction of Israel and being taught anti-Semitic lessons.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza retracted his praise for the &#8220;precision&#8221; of the Israel Defense Forces&#8217; strikes against Hamas after facing backlash from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2313130,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas2-scaled-e1622045816116.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Gaza UN Director Retracts Praise for \u2018Precision\u2019 of IDF Strikes After Criticism From Hamas","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Hamas2-scaled-e1622045816116.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"Gaza UN Director Retracts Praise for \u2018Precision\u2019 of IDF Strikes After Criticism From Hamas","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2313130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}