The body of a Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found, the Israeli government has announced. Israel said the rabbi had been killed in what they referred to as a "heinous antisemitic terror incident".

A missing Jewish community leader was found dead in the United Arab Emirates, Israel said on Sunday. Israeli-Moldovan citizen Zvi Kogan went missing from Dubai on Thursday afternoon, prompting an investigation by Israel’s Mossad spy agency after suspicions were raised that he was abducted in an act of terrorism.

The Israeli authorities called the killing of the rabbi, Zvi Kogan, an act of terrorism. He had been missing since Thursday.