Missing Rabbi’s Body Found In UAE, Israel Vows Action Against ‘Anti-Semitic’ Murderer

Last Updated:November 24, 2024, 13:57 IST

The rabbi, an Israeli-Moldovan national, was being searched for by the UAE's interior ministry, which is also investigating his case.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's office called it a criminal anti-Semitic terrorist incident. (Photo: Reuters)

The Israeli government has said that the body of a rabbi, who went missing on Thursday has been found in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), calling it a “criminal anti-Semitic terrorist incident".

Zvi Kogan, an envoy for the Orthodox Jewish group Chabad, had been missing since Thursday, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s office, prompting investigations by Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and UAE authorities.

“The murder of Zvi Kogan is a criminal anti-Semitic terrorist act. The State of Israel will use all its resources to bring the perpetrators to justice," the statement from the PM’s office read.

Israeli officials have been in contact with Kogan’s family since his disappearance. Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan national, was being searched for by the UAE’s interior ministry, which is also investigating his case, British broadcaster BBC reported.

Abu Dhabi, which formalised ties with Israel through the US-brokered Abraham Accords, has upheld this relationship during the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

However, Israel’s travel advisory urges citizens to visit the UAE only for “essential reasons," citing “terrorist activity" that poses a “real risk" to Israelis in the country.

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