The Israeli authorities called the killing of the rabbi, Zvi Kogan, an act of terrorism. He had been missing since Thursday.

Rabbi Zvi Kogan, 28, was living in Abu Dhabi with his wife as a representative of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement.

For an image-conscious country that prides itself as a major tourist hub and destination, the apparent terrorist murder of Chabad emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan thrust the United Arab Emirates into international headlines for all the wrong reasons on Sunday.