An Israeli rabbi in the United Arab Emirates who had been missing since Thursday has been found dead, the Israeli authorities announced early Sunday.
Israeli officials said the rabbi, Zvi Kogan, had been murdered and called his death an act of terrorism, without providing any further details.
The Emirati authorities — who on Saturday said officials were investigating the rabbi’s disappearance — did not immediately comment on his death.
But a senior official stressed on Sunday that the Emirates was a safe place, without explicitly mentioning Rabbi Kogan.
will remain a safe haven, an oasis of stability, a society of tolerance and coexistence,” Anwar Gargash, a diplomatic adviser to the Emirati president, wrote on social media.
Persons:
Zvi Kogan, —, Rabbi Kogan, “, ” Anwar Gargash
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United Arab Emirates, Emirates