IDF says Michigan synagogue suspect's brother was Hezbollah commander

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The Israeli subject said Sunday that the member of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who is accused of carrying retired past week's onslaught astatine a Michigan synagogue, was a Hezbollah commandant who was "eliminated" successful a onslaught past week.

In a connection connected social media, the Israel Defense Forces said Ibrahim Muhammad Ghazali was liable for managing weapons operations for the portion wrong the U.S.-designated violent group.

"The portion is liable for launching hundreds of rockets toward Israeli civilians passim the war," the IDF said, adding Ibrahim Ghazali was killed successful an airstrike connected a Hezbollah subject operation past week.

A Lebanese official, who requested anonymity due to the fact that helium could not publically sermon details of the airstrike, confirmed to the Associated Press that Ibrahim Ghazali was killed. The authoritative told AP that Ibrahim Ghazali's children, Ali and Fatima, and brother, Kassim, were besides killed successful the onslaught that deed their location conscionable aft sunset.

A freelance writer moving for CBS News successful Lebanon was told by sources determination that the 2 brothers were some members of a Hezbollah rocket portion successful confederate Lebanon.

The FBI's Detroit office, which is investigating the onslaught astatine the synagogue, declined to remark to CBS News connected the claims by Israel's subject astir Ibrahim Ghazali.

"Out of respect for the ongoing investigation, we volition proceed to refrain from commenting connected its substance," FBI spokesperson Jordan Hall said successful an email Sunday.

Ayman Ghazali, a 41-year-old Lebanese-born U.S. citizen, is accused of ramming a motortruck into Temple Israel synagogue extracurricular Detroit connected Thursday aft learning that 4 of his household members had been killed successful an Israeli onslaught successful Lebanon, officials said.

Ayman Ghazali waited successful his car extracurricular Temple Israel for astir 2 hours with a rifle, commercial-grade fireworks and jugs of liquid believed to beryllium gasoline, earlier crashing into the gathering wherever much than a 100 children were attending classes, according to authorities.

He started firing his weapon done the windshield, exchanging occurrence with an equipped information guard. He died by termination aft helium got stuck successful his conveyance and the motor caught fire, FBI Special Agent successful Charge Jennifer Runyan said connected Friday.

No 1 other was killed successful the attack, officials said, but a information defender was injured, and dozens of instrumentality enforcement officers were treated for fume inhalation.

The FBI called it a "targeted enactment of unit against the Jewish community."

According to the Department of Homeland Security, Ayman Ghazali came to the U.S. legally successful May 2011, sponsored by his then-wife, who is simply a U.S. citizen. He became a U.S. national himself successful 2016.

The onslaught connected the Michigan synagogue took spot connected the aforesaid time arsenic a erstwhile Army National Guard member, who served years successful situation for attempting to aid the Islamic State, opened occurrence connected a classroom at Old Dominion University successful Virginia, sidesplitting 1 idiosyncratic and wounding 2 others.

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