Emirati authorities have found the body of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, an emissary to Abu Dhabi’s Chabad chapter missing since Thursday, the Prime Minister’s Office and Foreign Ministry said in a joint statement Sunday.

“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.”

Zvi Kogan, 28, went missing on Thursday. Israeli intelligence agency Mossad had said it was investigating his disappearance, as suspicions arose that he had been kidnapped.

The Foreign Ministry announced that the body of a Chabad emissary has been found in the Emirates • "His murder is an antisemitic terrorist act, we will seek justice with those responsible for him"

ISRAELI intelligence agency Mossad is investigating the disappearance of a rabbi after receiving information regarding a “terrorist incident”. Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan citizen,

Israeli and Emirati authorities have confirmed the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a Chabad emissary based in Abu Dhabi, whose body was discovered early Sunday. Kogan, a dual Israeli-Moldovan citizen, went missing on Thursday under circumstances Israeli officials have described as a terror attack motivated by antisemitism.

Jews have understood over the last few years that when it comes to the West’s enforcement of “hate crimes,” Jews are usually the one group that doesn’t get protection.

Emirati authorities have found the body of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, the Prime Minister’s Office and Foreign Ministry say in a joint statement. Kogan, a Chabad rabbi in the UAE, had been missing since Thursday.