Israeli soccer player Sagiv Jehezkel has left Turkiye, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on social media platform X, after he was questioned by police over a message he displayed on his wrist during a match alluding to the passage of 100 days since Oct 7.

“Sagiv Jehezkel, the Israeli footballer of Antalyaspor, left our country at 5:15 p.m. (1415 GMT),” the minister said.

Turkish police had detained Jehezkel overnight and freed him earlier today.

Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc had said prosecutors were investigating Jehezkel on a charge of “inciting people to hatred and hostility” for displaying a note written on his bandaged wrist saying “100 days, 7.10”, alongside a Jewish Star of David emblem.