Iran rejects allegations it was involved in the killing; US condemns 'horrific crime against those who stand for peace'; body of Israeli-Moldovan set to be flown to Israel for burial

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

The ambassador emphasized that the UAE stands for peaceful coexistence and rejects extremism. "In the UAE, we welcome everyone. We embrace peaceful coexistence. We reject extremism and fanaticism," he added. Al Otaiba vowed that the UAE would honor Kogan's memory by continuing to uphold its values of diversity and peace.

“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.”

Rabbi Zvi Kogan, an Israeli envoy of the Chabad Lubavitch organization, was found dead in the United Arab Emirates. Israeli authorities called it an a

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

The UAE's Israeli and Jewish community has grown more visible since 2020, when the UAE became the most prominent Arab state in 30 years to establish formal ties with Israel under

Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident.

An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has gone missing, with Israeli authorities raising the suspicion he may have been kidnapped as tensions remain high with Iran