Two IDF conscripts vacationing in Amsterdam were rushed back to Israel after pro-Palestinian groups got wind of their trip and were mobilizing to have arrest warrants issued for the pair.

According to Hebrew media reports Tuesday, it is the first time that conscripts have faced such a situation. Previous instances involved IDF reservists.

The two soldiers had posted photos on their social media accounts from their service in northern Gaza during the war, with some of the photos showing blindfolded Palestinian suspects.

The two soldiers also posted that they were heading to Amsterdam along with pictures from their trip while they were there.

Pro-Palestinian groups posted the soldiers’ information online and the pair were instructed by Israeli authorities to remain in their hotel room in case of the unlikely event that arrest warrants would be issued for them and the more likely concern that their safety was at risk, reports said.

They were whisked back to Israel and arrived safely.

The Hind Rajab Foundation acknowledged tracking the soldiers, describing one of them as “a war criminal.”

In a post Tuesday to its X account the organization said, “Our lawyers moved on him, in silence. However, after some large accounts online started tagging us with their pictures, the Israelis were alerted and immediately smuggled” out of the Netherlands.

The army said in a statement it “emphasizes that........

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