Zvi Kogan's car reportedly found 150km. from Abu Dhabi; Uzbek nationals sent by Iran suspected to have killed him, fled to Turkey; PM vows to catch the killers; UAE angry, shocked

Officials in the United Arab Emirates said the 3 suspects in Zvi Kogan's death were from the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan.

Mossad and authorities in the Gulf country had opened an investigation into Kogan's disappearance believing it may be related to “a terrorist incident.”

Three suspects held in the United Arab Emirates over the murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi are from Uzbekistan, authorities in the Gulf state announced Monday, saying they were working to determine their motives.

“The murder of the late Chabad emissary Zvi Kogan in the Emirates is a cowardly and despicable antisemitic act of terror,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on social media after Kogan’s body was discovered. “The State of Israel will not rest nor be silent until those responsible for this criminal act pay for their actions.”

Israeli and Emirati authorities have confirmed the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary based in Abu Dhabi, whose body was discovered early Sunday. Kogan, a dual Israeli-Moldovan citizen, went missing on Thursday under circumstances Israeli officials have described as a terror attack motivated by antisemitism.

Emirati authorities said Monday three suspects from Uzbekistan were in custody over the murder of a rabbi, a rare violent incident involving an Israeli citizen in the UAE, which signed a peace agreement with Israel in 2020.

Israel announced that United Arab Emirates authorities found the body of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, condemning his disappearance and death as "antisemitic terrorism."

An Israeli rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found murdered, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said.