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Brother of Michigan synagogue attacker was Hezbollah commander, Israeli military claims

Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in Lebanon on March 5 along with 3 other relatives of Detroit attacker Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, the IDF said

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The front entrance of the Temple Israel synagogue outside Detroit, Michigan. Photo: Getty Images / AFP
Associated Press

The brother of the man who attacked a Michigan synagogue last week, who was killed earlier this month in an Israeli air strike, was a Hezbollah commander, Israel’s military claimed on Sunday.

Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in Lebanon along with three other of the attacker’s relatives on March 5 - a week before authorities allege Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove his car into a major synagogue outside Detroit and killed himself after security fired at him.

The FBI’s Detroit office, which is investigating the attack, declined to comment on the claims by Israel’s military about Ibrahim Ghazali.

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“Out of respect for the ongoing investigation, we will continue to refrain from commenting on its substance,” FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) spokesman Jordan Hall said in an email on Sunday.

Associated Press was not immediately able to verify the claim that Ibrahim Ghazali was a militant.

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The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) alleges Ibrahim Ghazali was a Hezbollah commander who managed weapons for a unit that fired rockets at Israel.

A Lebanese official, who requested anonymity because he could not publicly discuss details of the air strike has confirmed Ibrahim Ghazali’s death, telling Associated Press that Ghazali’s children, Ali and Fatima, and brother, Kassim, were also killed in the strike that hit their home just after sunset.

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