(Adnkronos) – The body of Rabbi Tzvi Kogan, who was killed in the United Arab Emirates, has been repatriated to Israel. This was announced by the Israeli rescue service Zaka, explaining that “his coffin was put on a direct flight to Israel”.
Chabad, the ultra-Orthodox Jewish movement to which Kogan belonged, said the rabbi’s funeral will be held at 11 p.m. local time on the Mount of Olives in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem.