Rabbi Zvi Kogan, 28, was living in Abu Dhabi with his wife as a representative of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

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 World Jewish Congress is deeply saddened and outraged by the tragic murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates. We condemn this heinous act in the strongest terms and extend our heartfelt condolences to his family,

The Israeli authorities called the killing of the rabbi, Zvi Kogan, an act of terrorism. He had been missing since Thursday.

Rabbi Zvi Kogan's body was found after police investigated his disappearance in the UAE. Numerous members of Israel’s Knesset expressed feelings of sadness, horror, and anger at the news of Chabad emissary Zvi Kogan’s murder in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday morning.

Kogan, 28, was a representative of the Orthodox Jewish Chabad-Lubavitch movement and managed a kosher supermarket in Dubai.

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An Israeli rabbi missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found dead, Israeli authorities said on Sunday, in what they described as an “antisemitic terrorist act.” Zvi Kogan, who also holds Moldovan citizenship and is a representative of Chabad,

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