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

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.