A Brazilian court has issued an urgent order to the police to arrest an Israeli soldier and investigate him on charges related to committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip, based on a criminal complaint filed by a Palestinian human rights organization.

Israeli media reported that the soldier wanted in Brazil is on his way to Tel Aviv, without revealing further details.

Channel 12 Israel quoted relatives of the soldier as saying that he "left the Brazilian border at night to a neighboring country."

According to Brazilian media, the issuance of this judicial order is based on the criminal complaint filed by the Hind Rajab organization a week ago against the suspect, who is currently in Brazil on a tourist vacation.

The complaint accuses the soldier of "participating in the demolition of entire civilian neighborhoods in Gaza during a systematic campaign. These actions are part of a broader effort to impose intolerable living conditions on Palestinian civilians, and constitute genocide and crimes against humanity under international law."

The evidence presented includes videos, geolocation data and photos showing the suspect personally planting explosives and participating in the destruction of entire neighborhoods, and “this material proves beyond a doubt the suspect’s direct involvement in these heinous acts.”

According to the Palestinian organization, the houses that were destroyed as part of the operations in which the soldier participated in the Gaza Strip were shelters for displaced Palestinians. The organization also said that it attached more than 500 documents to the complaint, when it asked the court to arrest the soldier for fear that he would leave Brazil.

According to Hind Rajab's organization, families whose homes were destroyed have joined this case as plaintiffs, and have given power of attorney to the organization's legal defense team, relying on them to pursue justice on their behalf.

About two months ago, news came out about an Israeli reserve officer fleeing Cyprus after the Palestinian organization published his photo and name, and announced that it had filed a complaint against him on suspicion of “committing war crimes,” according to the official Israeli radio station, Kan-Reshet Bet.

In another case, the human rights organization found an Israeli soldier during a trip to Sri Lanka, in which case his name and photo were also published, and he was asked by Israel to leave Sri Lanka for fear of arrest.

The Israeli radio said that "the Palestinian organization directs its activities mainly against Israeli soldiers with dual citizenship, and has not yet achieved any success in arresting soldiers who were outside the country, but the escape of the reserve officer from Cyprus as well as the real increase in the organization's activity certainly raises concerns in the Israeli Foreign and Justice Ministries."

It is noteworthy that the Hind Rajab Organization was established in honor of the memory of the child Hind Rajab (6 years old), who was killed by the Israeli occupation with all her family members in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of the Gaza Strip, last January, when they were trying to save themselves from the bombing.

The organization aims to "take legal action against those responsible for crimes against humanity, war crimes and human rights violations committed by the occupation forces against the Palestinians."