{"id":4973,"date":"2024-04-26T21:10:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T21:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=4973"},"modified":"2024-04-26T21:10:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T21:10:39","slug":"un-ends-suspends-probes-into-5-unrwa-staffers-accused-by-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internationalpulse.net\/?p=4973","title":{"rendered":"UN ends, suspends probes into 5 UNRWA staffers accused by Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em><small>A girl washes clothes by hand at a camp for displaced Palestinians erected in a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 13, 2024 &#8211; Copyright AFP\/File MOHAMMED ABED<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>A UN probe into Israeli allegations that 19 members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees participated in the October 7 Hamas attacks has closed one case due to the absence of any evidence from Israel and suspended four others, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA was swept into controversy in January when Israel accused 12 of its 30,000 employees of being involved in the shocking cross-border attack, which led to the deaths of around 1,160 people \u2014 mostly civilians \u2014 according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures.<\/p>\n<p>The UN immediately fired the implicated staff members and launched an internal investigation to assess the agency\u2019s neutrality, led by former French foreign minister Catherine Colonna.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, the UN received information on seven additional UNRWA staffers allegedly involved in the attack, leading to new investigations.<\/p>\n<p>Dujarric said that of the initial group of 12 UNRWA members, one case was closed \u201cas no evidence was provided by Israel to support the allegations against the staff member.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are exploring corrective administrative action to be taken in that person\u2019s case,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, investigations into three other staffers were suspended, \u201cas the information provided by Israel is not sufficient.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the seven fresh cases, one of them was also suspended pending additional evidence from Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The other accused staffers remain under investigation, Dujarric said.<\/p>\n<p>An interim report published in March found that \u201cUNRWA has in place a significant number of mechanisms and procedures to ensure compliance with the Humanitarian Principle of neutrality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But investigators \u201calso identified critical areas that still need to be addressed,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>Some 15 countries including the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan suspended funding to UNRWA following the Israeli allegations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Canada and Sweden, which were among those states, have since resumed sending aid to the agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UNRWA is the largest aid 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