FBI ties Michigan synagogue attack to Hezbollah-inspired plot by Ghazali

The FBI says Ayman Ghazali, a Lebanon-born US citizen, carried out a Hezbollah-inspired attack on Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, ramming a truck into the building and then shooting himself as the vehicle burned. Investigators found a pattern of Hezbollah- and Iranian-related online content, including searches for Israeli gatherings and a pre-attack video in which he vowed to kill as many as possible; he had attempted to obtain a weapon and ultimately bought an AR-style rifle with magazines and ammo. No one inside the synagogue was injured, though the case involved extensive digital and eyewitness work with hundreds of items analyzed and more than 100 interviews conducted. The incident occurred amid broader regional hostilities linked to the US-Israel war on Iran.