Report: Rabbi missing in Abu Dhabi is nephew of rabbi who was murdered in 2008 attack on Mumbai Chabad House

Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg (Chabad)
Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg (Chabad)

A rabbi from Abu Dhabi’s Chabad chapter who is missing and reportedly feared kidnapped or murdered is the nephew of Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg, who was murdered along with his wife in a terror attack at the Nariman Chabad House in Mumbai in 2008, Channel 12 news reports.

Rabbi Zvi Kogan has been missing since Thursday, with Israeli authorities treating the incident as a suspected act of terrorism.

The Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement earlier this evening that the Mossad intelligence agency has launched an “extensive” investigation into the incident alongside Emirati authorities.

Kogan is a dual Israeli-Moldovan citizen and has been part of the Abu Dhabi Chabad chapter since Israel normalized ties with the UAE in late 2020.

Zvi Kogan, a Chabad superviser of Kosher kitchens in the UAE, June 29, 2021. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

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