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

Kogan, 28, who worked in the UAE for the Orthodox Jewish group Chabad, which seeks to support Jewish life for thousands of Jewish visitors and residents in the Gulf Arab state, vanished in Dubai, where he ran a kosher grocery store, on Thursday.

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."

Dubai rabbi Zvi Kogan killed in ‘heinous terror incident’ says Israel - Netanyahu vows to ‘seek justice’ over death of Zvi Kogan in Dubai

The UAE’s Interior Ministry said authorities arrested three suspects involved in the killing of Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi.

Ephraim Mirvis wrote on Sunday that "no act of evil will deter us from uniting against the forces of darkness that seek to divide us."

A senior Emirati ambassador has denounced the “senseless death” of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the UAE and stressed that the country stands against “extremism and fanaticism of every kind”. Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE's ambassador to the US,