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Body of Missing Israeli Rabbi Found in UAE

Public By Pesach Benson • 24 November, 2024

Jerusalem, 24 November, 2024 (TPS) -- Emirati authorities found the body of missing Israeli-Moldovan Rabbi Zvi Kogan, Israeli officials confirmed on Sunday morning.

“The murder of the late Zvi Kogan is a criminal anti-Semitic terrorist act. The State of Israel will act by all means and bring the criminals responsible for his death to justice,” said the Prime Minister’s Office and Israeli Foreign Ministry.

Kogan, an outreach rabbi with the Chabad movement in Abu Dhabi, disappeared on Thursday.

According to Israeli media reports, the killers are thought to be Uzbek nationals working on behalf of Iran who fled to Turkey.