Regarding the seven fresh cases, one of them was also suspended pending additional evidence from Israel.

The other accused staffers remain under investigation, Dujarric said.

An interim report published in March found that “UNRWA has in place a significant number of mechanisms and procedures to ensure compliance with the Humanitarian Principle of neutrality.”

But investigators “also identified critical areas that still need to be addressed,” it said.

Some 15 countries including the United States, Britain, Germany and Japan suspended funding to UNRWA following the Israeli allegations.

Canada and Sweden, which were among those states, have since resumed sending aid to the agency.

UNRWA is the largest aid organization in Gaza, employing around 13,000 staff in the territory where Israel’s bombardment has killed at least 34,356 people, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

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