An Israel Defense Forces soldier who survived Hamas’s attack at the Nova music festival on October 7, 2023, hurriedly ended his vacation in Brazil on Sunday morning after the country’s Federal Court ordered police to open a war crimes investigation on him, according to Brazilian media.

Hours before he left the South American country, the unnamed soldier’s family told the Kan public broadcaster that he had not been arrested and that he was getting the help he needed to leave.

The Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar had 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,” the Foreign Ministry added.

The soldier’s father told Channel 12 news on Sunday that a friend who was traveling with his son had received a message from an Israeli diplomatic office telling him an arrest warrant had been issued for him.