An Israeli soldier has been charged with stealing explosives during last summer’s war in Gaza and selling the arms to a military police investigator.

An indictment in the case was filed last week against the accused, a paratroop brigade soldier. He allegedly engaged in negotiations via an intermediary to sell weaponry to Adam Everett Livvix, an American from Texas who was arrested last month on suspicion of planning to stage attacks on Muslim holy sites in Israel.

The indictment against Livvix states that the Texan purchased explosive material from a soldier who was his roommate and who has military court proceedings pending and also tried to buy explosives from a paratroop soldier, through an intermediary. The indictment accuses the soldier of removing army weaponry and other weapons offenses as well as the use of dangerous drugs. The soldier took the explosive material home with him in the course of last summer’s fighting, the indictment states.

The soldier’s lawyer, Maj. Yossi Daskal, and legal officer Lior Ayash from the military defender’s office, which provides legal counsel to soldiers accused of crimes, issued the following statement: “This is the case of a lone soldier, whose family lives abroad, who made efforts to serve the Israel Defense Forces in a substantial way. The soldier served in a paratroopers’ brigade and was even wounded in Operation Protective Edge,” a reference to last summer’s military operation against Hamas and its allies in Gaza. “With regard to the allegations against him, the process is in its initial stage. We would note that there are particular circumstances that the military prosecutor has been made aware of, and there are ongoing discussions between the two sides. We wish to add that the indictment filed against the solider does not relate to the case in which Adam Livvix is involved.”

At the beginning of November, the soldier allegedly sold [the explosives] to a military police investigator in return for 4,000 shekels ($1,000), after which he was immediately arrested. An order keeping him in detention has been extended until next week. He is also accused of using cannabis.