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Israel has denounced the disappearance of a rabbi in the United Arab Emirates and said it is treating the incident as an act of terrorism.

November 23th 2024 , , ,

The Mossad and the Prime Minister's Office said that Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan citizen, has been missing since Thursday afternoon.

The Israeli government denounced this Saturday that Rabbi Zvi Kogan is missing in the United Arab Emirates and that he is treating what happened as a case of terrorism.

"Zvi Kogan, an Israeli-Moldovan citizen, has been missing since Thursday afternoon (November 21, 2024),” according to a statement from Israel’s foreign intelligence services, the Mossad, and the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.

“Since his disappearance, and based on information that this is a terrorist incident, An intense investigation has been opened in the country", the note adds without giving further details.

Israeli media such as the channel N12, citing sources close to the missing person, They have confirmed that the rabbi's family has not heard from him for days. and they suspect that He may have been kidnapped by elements close to the Iranian regime, but there is no official confirmation of any kind in this regard.

Rabbi Kogan is the assistant of the also rabbi Levi Yitzchak, the religious leader of the Jewish community in the United Arab Emirates.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates established diplomatic relations in September 2020 under the Abraham Accords, and made great progress in the bilateral relationship, especially in the commercial field, until October 2023, following the war in Gaza, which has cooled ties without cutting them.

The National Security Council has since issued a Travel warning level 3 (moderate threat) for Emirates, and recommended avoiding non-essential travel and take extra precautions for those staying there.

Between October and November 2023, violent protests in support of Palestine broke out in almost all Arab countries, forcing Israel to withdraw non-essential staff from its embassies and calling on its citizens to take extreme precautions.

In another order, Israeli Air Force fighter jets, under the direction of military intelligence, carried out multiple attacks against strategic positions of Hezbollah in the zone of Da'ahia, a Beirut, in the last few hours.

The bombings destroyed headquarters, a weapons depot and other key facilities. of the terrorist organization, as part of an operation aimed at weakening its aggressive capabilities against the State of Israel.

According to the report of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), all the targets attacked were located in densely populated areas, highlighting Hezbollah's recurrent use of civilians as human shields..

Despite this, The IDF stressed that extreme precautions were taken to minimize collateral damage., including precise observation, preliminary intelligence gathering and early warnings for population evacuation.

“This is another example of the cynical use of Lebanese citizens as human shields. by the terrorist organization Hezbollah", declared the FDI in a statement posted on social media.

The operation is part of an ongoing Israeli effort to destroy the weapons production sites and warehouses accumulated by Hezbollah over the years in Da'ahia. This southern Beirut neighborhood is known as a stronghold of the group, which has established its operations center and various logistical facilities there.

(With information from Europa Press and EFE)
Source: INFOBAE

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