Brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander, Israeli military claims
The Israeli military claims that Ibrahim Ghazali, the brother of the man who attacked a Michigan synagogue on March 12, was a Hezbollah commander killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on March 5. The IDF alleges Ibrahim managed weapons for a unit that fired rockets at Israel.
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The FBI’s Detroit office declined to comment on the claims by Israel’s military about Ibrahim Ghazali.
Ibrahim Ghazali “was eliminated in an [Israeli air force] strike on a Hezbollah military structure last week”.
The Israeli military said it killed the brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali in an airstrike in Lebanon.
The airstrike occurred a week before the attack on the synagogue.
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove his car into a major synagogue outside Detroit and killed himself.
Ayman Ghazali shot himself to death after attacking Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.
Ayman Mohamad Ghazali is connected to the attack on the Michigan synagogue.
Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in Lebanon along with three other of the attacker’s relatives on March 5.
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