UAE Confirms Arrest Of Three Suspects In Israeli-Moldovan Rabbi's Murder

A plane carrying the body of Israeli-Moldovan rabbi Tzvi Kogan, who was murdered in the United Arab Emirates, was on its to Israel on Monday, an Israeli rescue and recovery group said.

“At this moment, his coffin has been placed on a flight to Israel," Zaka said in a statement referring to Kogan, 28, who had been based in the UAE as a representative of the Chabad Hasidic movement.

Chabad, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish movement, said Kogan’s funeral will take place at 11 pm (2100 GMT) at the Mount of Olives in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem.