Murder of Israeli Rabbi in UAE Raises Regional Security and Diplomatic Concerns

Israel suspects that the murder was the result of an Islamist terrorist attack with Iranian masterminds. The United Arab Emirates have now published the identity of the suspected perpetrators - but they have omitted a crucial detail.

3 Arrested in Rabbi's Murder

The United Arab Emirates said Monday police arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi , an attack that's raised concerns for the burgeoning Israeli community in the country, the AP reports. The statement from the country's Interior Ministry offered no motive for the slaying of Zvi Kogan,...

UAE releases photos of 3 suspects in murder of Israeli Rabbi

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has published the names and photographs of three suspects responsible for the murder of Israeli Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a UAE-based Chabad emissary whose body was found late last week. According to the UAE Interior Ministry, all three accused identified as Olimpi Toirovich, 28, Makhmudjon Abdurakhim, 28,and Azizbek Kamlovich, 33 are Uzbek nationals. They were apprehended following a swift investigation. The images release…

Shockwaves: Rabbi Zvi Kogan Found Dead in UAE—Israel Slams ‘Heinous Antisemitic Terror

The body of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, a prominent figure in the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates, was discovered on Sunday, marking the tragic end to a search that began after he went missing. Israel has condemned the killing as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident,” while the UAE has confirmed the arrest of three suspects connected to the case. Rabbi Kogan, a dual Israeli-Moldovan citizen, was a former member of the Israel Defense Forces’…

3 Uzbek nationals arrested for killing of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi

Kogan, 28, an ultra-Orthodox rabbi who went missing on Thursday, ran a kosher grocery store in the city of Dubai.

Police in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday arrested three Uzbeks suspected of murdering Israeli Rabbi Zvi Kogan. This was announced by the local Ministry of the Interior. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the killing of the rabbi as a "heinous act of anti-Semitic terrorism".