Israeli officers on Sunday confirmed the demise of an Abu Dhabi rabbi who had been lacking since Thursday.
“The UAE intelligence and security authorities have located the body of Zvi Kogan, who has been missing since Thursday, 21 November 2024,” the Israeli Prime Minister’s Workplace and the Ministry of International Affairs mentioned in an announcement on X. “The Israeli mission in Abu Dhabi has been in contact with the family from the start of the event and is continuing to assist it at this difficult time; his family in Israel has also been updated.”
“The murder of Zvi Kogan, of blessed memory, is an abhorrent act of antisemitic terrorism. The State of Israel will use all means and will deal with the criminals responsible for his death to the fullest extent of the law,” the assertion added.
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Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary, had been lacking since Thursday. (Chabad.org by way of X)
Rabbi Zvi Kogan was an emissary of the Chabad Lubavitch motion, a distinguished and extremely observant department of Hasidic Judaism based mostly in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights neighborhood in New York Metropolis.
The 28-year-old was a resident of Abu Dhabi within the United Arab Emirates when he went lacking Thursday. He’s a citizen of each Moldova and Israel.
In keeping with his LinkedIn, Kogan labored as a recruiter and was “passionate about volunteering and serving [his] community.”
A person walks previous Rimon Market, a Kosher grocery retailer managed by the late Rabbi Zvi Kogan, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2024. (AP Picture/Jon Gambrell)
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The Israeli Prime Minister’s Workplace introduced its investigation into the bizarre disappearance on Saturday. On the time, the assertion mentioned the disappearance gave the impression to be associated to “a terrorist incident” however didn’t elaborate.
The United Arab Emirates’ Ministry of Inside had confirmed it was investigating Kogan’s disappearance, however described his citizenship solely as a “Moldovan national.”
Rabbi Levi Duchman performs morning prayers on the roof of the Jewish Group Middle of the UAE on March 22, 2021, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Andrea DiCenzo/Getty Pictures)
The Rimon Market, a Kosher grocery retailer that Kogan managed on Dubai’s busy Al Wasl Street, was shut Sunday, in accordance with the Related Press. It had been a goal of anti-Israel protests.
Kogan’s spouse, Rivky, is a U.S. citizen who lived with him within the UAE. She is the niece of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, who was killed within the 2008 Mumbai assaults.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
