Mossad and authorities in the Gulf country had opened an investigation into Kogan's disappearance believing it may be related to “a terrorist incident.”

The body of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, who had been missing in the United Arab Emirates since last Thursday, has been discovered, the Israeli government has confirmed, BBC reported. Rabbi Kogan, a prominent envoy of the Orthodox Jewish organization Chabad,

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.