An Israeli soldier accused of war crimes has fled Brazil amid an investigation into his actions in Gaza, local media reported Sunday.

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), a pro-Palestine advocacy organisation, filed a criminal complaint last week accusing the soldier, who was in Brazil as a tourist, of involvement in the Israeli military’s systematic demolition of civilian homes in Gaza.

On Saturday, a Brazilian court instructed police to investigate the soldier for war crimes.

Jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), Abdullah Ocalan, has been quoted indicating that he may be prepared to call for militants to lay down their arms. 

Bashar al-Assad has fled to Russia after opposition forces entered the capital Damascus.

The leader of the main Syrian opposition armed group that seized Syria’s capital, Abu Mohammed al-Julani, has said the Syrian people are the “rightful owners” of the country after the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad, and declared a “new history” has been written for the entire Middle East.

Al-Julani previously led the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, al-Nusra Front, before distancing himself from the group.