AL-QUDS — Israeli military prosecutors have filed charges against three soldiers for alleged theft from Palestinians, and related offences, during last summer's Gaza blitzkrieg, the military said on Monday. They were the first indictments relating to the 50-day “Operation Protective Edge,” the subject of a United Nations enquiry which is to report its findings shortly. An Israeli army statement said that charges were filed in a military court last week against three soldiers accused of “a looting crime” in Shejaiya, east of Gaza City. “Two soldiers are charged with looting money amounting to 2,420 shekels ($620, 565 euros) from a building in Shejaiya in which the troops were stationed, and another is accused of aiding and abetting the crime,” it said. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in November appointed a five-member panel to investigate Israeli attacks on shelters of the UN Palestinian refugee agency during the July-August Gaza war and the discovery of Hamas weapons at UN sites. — AP