The Mossad and authorities in the UAE opened the investigation based on information that Kogan’s murder might be related to “a terrorist incident.”

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."

Israel has pledged to bring to justice those responsible for the murder of a prominent rabbi in the United Arab Emirates, denouncing his killing as a “heinous antisemitic terrorist act”. Zvi Kogan, who ran a Kosher shop in Dubai and worked for the Orthodox Jewish group Chabad,

The United Arab Emirates has arrested three individuals responsible for the murder of Abu Dhabi-based Rabbi Zvi Kogan, the UAE Interior Ministry announces, saying that it was done “in record time.”The statement stresses the country’s “ability to deal firmly with anyone who tries to undermine the security and stability of society.