“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.”

JERUSALEM: Israel condemned on Sunday (Nov 24) the murder of a rabbi in the United Arab Emirates, calling it an anti-Semitic "terrorist attack" and vowing to use all means to deal with his killers. The body of Tzvi Kogan,

Zvi Kogan was targeted in an “act of antisemitic terrorism,” Israeli authorities said.

The murder of Zvi Kogan is a criminal antisemitic terrorist incident. The State of Israel will act in all of its abilities to bring to justice the criminals responsible for his death,” the PM’s office said following news on Sunday that the rabbi's body had been found.

An Israeli citizen missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found dead, Israeli authorities said on Sunday, in what they described as an “antisemitic terrorist act.”