Israel suspects disappearance of Jewish religious emissary in UAE linked to terrorist act

JERUSALEM, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli-Moldovan citizen, who serves as an emissary of the Jewish religious movement Chabad in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been missing since Thursday, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Saturday.

The statement said that an intensive investigation was launched in the UAE following the disappearance of the emissary, Rabbi Zvi Kogan, with information suggesting that it could be related to a terrorist incident.