Iran rejects allegations it was involved in the killing; US condemns 'horrific crime against those who stand for peace'; body of Israeli-Moldovan set to be flown to Israel for burial

Israel’s months of fighting with the Hezbollah militant group have stoked anger among Emiratis, Arab nationals and others living in the UAE.

“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.”

Israeli intelligence is investigating the disappearance of Israeli-Moldovan citizen Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates in what is being called a "terrorist incident."

Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident.

The UAE established formal ties with Israel under an agreement brokered by the US in, known as the the Abraham Accords. It has maintained the relationship during the Israel-Hamas

An Israeli-Moldovan rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates has been missing since Nov. 21 in what Israeli authorities said was being investigated as a possible targeted attack.

Rabbi Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan citizen who went missing on Thursday, was found murdered in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, in what Israel called a “criminal antisemitic terrorist incident.” “The murder of Zvi Kogan is a criminal antisemitic terrorist incident.