The director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Tuesday apologized to the people of the Gaza Strip for recent statements that sought to justify Israeli attacks on the area.

Matthias Schmale while apologizing to the people of the Gaza Strip, expressed his condolences to the families of the martyrs of the recent attacks by the Israeli regime.

The UNRWA director also stressed that there is no justification for killing civilians at all, adding that the past two weeks have been terrible for Gaza and those living there.

"Israel has not bombed civilian targets, with the exception of a few," Matthias Schmeil claimed in an interview with Israeli Channel 12 television on Monday, justifying the regime's recent invasion of the Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) immediately condemned the UNRWA director's remarks, reminding him that his job is to support the displaced and oppressed people, not to justify the killing of children and the destruction of homes, and demolishing health, educational and social facilities.

The war of the occupying Israeli regime with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, after 12 days of Palestinian resistance, ended on Friday morning with the announcement of a unilateral ceasefire by this regime.

At least 253 Palestinians, including 66 children, were martyred and more than 1,940 were injured in the brutal attacks and aggressions of the occupying Israeli regime on the Gaza Strip, which began on Monday (May 10th). 219