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JERUSALEM (AP) — The man who attacked a Michigan synagogue was the brother of a Hezbollah commander killed earlier this month in an Israeli airstrike, Israel’s military
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The official in eastern Lebanon told The Associated Press that Ghazali's two brothers and a niece and nephew were killed at their home in the March 5 airstrike.
The suspect in Thursday’s attack on a Michigan synagogue had previously been flagged in US government databases for connections with suspected members of the militant group Hezbollah, although he was not believed to be a member himself, law enforcement officials briefed on the matter told CNN.
A week before Thursday’s attack on a Michigan synagogue, the suspect’s two brothers and two of their children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, the mayor of the Lebanese village where they lived told CNN.
The Israel Defense Forces said Ibrahim Muhammad Ghazali was responsible for managing weapons operations for the unit within the U.S.-designated terrorist group.
By Tal Shalev, Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military said the brother of the man who drove a vehicle laden with explosives into a Michigan synagogue Thursday was a Hezbollah commander killed in a strike last week.
The brother of Ayman Muhammad Ghazali, a terrorist who rammed a vehicle into a Michigan Jewish preschool, was a Hezbollah commander, Israel Defense Forces have said.
Israeli intelligence asserted that the Michigan synagogue attacker's brother was a Hezbollah weapons commander who was killed just days before the attack.
The brother of a Lebanese immigrant who attacked a Michigan synagogue was a commander in the Islamic terrorist group Hezbollah, Israeli authorities said Sunday.
JERUSALEM (AP) — The man who attacked a Michigan synagogue was the brother of a Hezbollah commander killed earlier this month in an Israeli airstrike, Israel’s military
Israel's military says the brother of a man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week was a Hezbollah commander slain in a recent Israeli attack in Lebanon.