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A dozen people including Israeli soldiers charged with smuggling goods into Gaza
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s ministry of justice charged a dozen people, including Israeli soldiers, on Wednesday with systematically smuggling hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of goods into Gaza, according to a statement by Israel's prosecutor. The indictment charged the accused, some of whom included army reservists, with smuggling cigarettes, iPhones and batteries into Gaza and “assisting the enemy during wartime.” It said the accused committed their actions while aware of the possibility that the goods would reach the militant group Hamas and its operatives. The statement also linked the brother of Israel’s chief of domestic security to the smuggling ring, although he was not named among those indicted.