A missing Israeli rabbi has been found dead and three suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident, according to Jewish groups, United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
“The Ministry of Interior has announced that UAE authorities have arrested in record time three perpetrators involved in the murder of Zvi Kogan, a Moldovan national who, according to his identity card upon entering the UAE, lived there as a resident.'' UAE Ministry of Interior. I said this in a post on Sunday on social platform X.
According to Jewish organization ChabadKogan was a rabbi and the group's “Abu Dhabi-based emissary.” Chabad also said he is a “dual citizen of Israel and Moldova.”
“The ministry further explained that a specialized search and investigation team was formed immediately after receiving a missing person's report from the victim's family,” the UAE Ministry of Interior said in a post on Sunday.
“As a result, the victim's body has been recovered, the perpetrators have been identified and arrested, and the necessary legal procedures have been initiated. Details of the incident will be revealed once the investigation is completed.” continued.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Netanyahu I mentioned in my post about According to Google Translate, Mr. ISRAEL – May God bless his blood in the kidnapping and murder of the late Zvi Kogan. ”
“This murder took place in the United Arab Emirates. The murder of an Israeli citizen and a Chabad envoy is a criminal anti-Semitic terrorist attack,” Netanyahu continued.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE, and our prayers are with his family, the Chabad-Lubavitch community, and the wider the Jewish community and everyone who mourns his death.”
Updated at 8:40pm ET.
