Israel confirms death of missing Abu Dhabi rabbi: 'Abhorrent act of antisemitic terrorism’

Israeli officials connected Sunday confirmed the decease of an Abu Dhabi rabbi who had been missing since Thursday. 

"The UAE quality and information authorities person located the assemblage of Zvi Kogan, who has been missing since Thursday, 21 November 2024," the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said successful a connection connected X. "The Israeli ngo successful Abu Dhabi has been successful interaction with the household from the commencement of the lawsuit and is continuing to assistance it astatine this hard time; his household successful Israel has besides been updated." 

"The execution of Zvi Kogan, of blessed memory, is an abhorrent enactment of antisemitic terrorism. The State of Israel volition usage each means and volition woody with the criminals liable for his decease to the fullest grade of the law," the connection added. 

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Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary, had been missing since Thursday. (Chabad.org via X)

Rabbi Zvi Kogan was an emissary of the Chabad Lubavitch movement, a salient and highly observant subdivision of Hasidic Judaism based successful Brooklyn's Crown Heights vicinity successful New York City.

The 28-year-old was a nonmigratory of Abu Dhabi successful the United Arab Emirates erstwhile helium went missing Thursday. He is simply a national of some Moldova and Israel.

According to his LinkedIn, Kogan worked arsenic a recruiter and was "passionate astir volunteering and serving [his] community."

A antheral walks past Rimon Market, a Kosher market store managed by the precocious Rabbi Zvi Kogan, successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024.  (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

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The Israeli Prime Minister's Office announced its probe into the antithetic disappearance connected Saturday. At the time, the connection said the disappearance appeared to beryllium related to "a violent incident" but did not elaborate.

The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Interior had confirmed it was investigating Kogan's disappearance, but described his citizenship solely arsenic a "Moldovan national." 

Rabbi Levi Duchman performs greeting prayers connected the extortion of the Jewish Community Center of the UAE connected March 22, 2021, successful Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  (Andrea DiCenzo/Getty Images)

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The Rimon Market, a Kosher market store that Kogan managed connected Dubai’s engaged Al Wasl Road, was unopen Sunday, according to the Associated Press. It had been a people of anti-Israel protests. 

Kogan’s wife, Rivky, is simply a U.S. national who lived with him successful the UAE. She is the niece of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, who was killed successful the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.