Israel's relations with the Arab world

Three arrested for murder of rabbi in United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates has arrested three people suspected of involvement in the murder of the Israeli-Moldavian rabbi Zvi Kogan. This is stated by the country's state news agency according to Reuters.

Zvi Kogan was found dead on Sunday after disappearing from his home in Abu Dahbi earlier this week. Israel has described the incident as a "heinous act of anti-Semitic terrorism".

Missing rabbi found dead: "Anti-Semitic terror"

Rabbi Zvi Kogan, who had been missing in the United Arab Emirates, has been found dead. This is reported by Haaretz.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirms the death.

"It is a heinous anti-Semitic terrorist act," writes the office.

Zvi Kogan, who is a Moldovan-Israeli citizen, disappeared on Thursday. Security sources have previously told Haaretz that the case may be linked to a terrorist crime.

Sources in the United Arab Emirates tell Haaretz that Iran is suspected of being indirectly involved. A group of Uzbeks allegedly carried out the act on behalf of the country and then fled to Turkey

Iran: Not involved in murder of Israeli rabbi

Iran "categorically" rejects any suggestion that it was involved in the death of Israeli-Moldavian rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates. This is what the Iranian embassy in the country says in a statement, Reuters reports.

Several Israeli media have reported over the weekend that security sources within the United Arab Emirates identified Uzbeks, who acted on behalf of Iran, as the likely perpetrators.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it will do everything in its power to punish the guilty "and those who sent them", reports Al Jazeera.

The United Arab Emirates announced earlier on Sunday that it had arrested three people suspected of the crime. Israel should not have been allowed to share their identities.