Three IDF soldiers have been indicted for allegedly stealing from a Gaza home in Shajaia during Operation Protective Edge during the summer of 2014. The soldiers are members of the Golani Brigade and they face charges of stealing money from a Gaza home.
According to the prosecution, two soldiers made off with 2,420 NIS while the third assisted them in taking the money out of Gaza. The third is a driver for an armored personnel carrier. The military prosecutor reports the incident occurred on July 20th when a metallic box fell out of a closet they were inspecting inside a home.
The two are charged with stealing the money and the driver with lesser charges of assisting them. The three were turned in by their commander. The military has made efforts to locate the owner of the Gaza home, albeit without success.
The three are the first to be indicted among the 19 cases under investigation dealing with alleged law-breaking by military personnel during the anti-Hamas military offensive in Gaza.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Maybe the army should give their soldiers more money and they won’t be so tempted. Of course this is all “allegedly”!
To #1
With what money should the Israeli Army raise their salaries? they are broke even with paying as little as they do. Besides, how much money do you have to make to reach the point where you are not tempted to take 2,420 that is not guarded, no one will know, and probably belongs to Hamas anyway (who else has money in Gaza?).