The Foreign Ministry comments on the former IDF soldier who fled Brazil, where he was visiting, to avoid an investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza.
According to the Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar ordered the ministry’s Consular Section and the embassy in Brazil to contact the man and his family, who “accompanied him throughout the event until his swift and safe departure from Brazil.”
“The Foreign Ministry draws the attention of Israelis to posts on social media about their military service, and to the fact that anti-Israeli elements may exploit these posts to initiate futile legal proceedings against them,” says the Foreign Ministry.
Following a complaint by the Belgium-based anti-Israel Hind Rajab Foundation, a Brazilian federal court ordered police to investigate an IDF soldier who was traveling in the country for possible “war crimes” in Gaza.
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