IDF says brother of Michigan synagogue suspect was Hezbollah commander killed in airstrike
CBSN
The Israeli military said Sunday that the brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who is accused of carrying out last week's attack at a Michigan synagogue, was a Hezbollah commander who was "eliminated" in a strike last week. In:
The Israeli military said Sunday that the brother of Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who is accused of carrying out last week's attack at a Michigan synagogue, was a Hezbollah commander who was "eliminated" in a strike last week.
In a statement on social media, the Israel Defense Forces said Ibrahim Muhammad Ghazali was responsible for managing weapons operations for the unit within the U.S.-designated terrorist group.
"The unit is responsible for launching hundreds of rockets toward Israeli civilians throughout the war," the IDF said, adding Ibrahim Ghazali was killed in an airstrike on a Hezbollah military structure last week.
A Lebanese official, who requested anonymity because he could not publicly discuss details of the airstrike, confirmed to the Associated Press that Ibrahim Ghazali was killed. The official told AP that Ibrahim Ghazali's children, Ali and Fatima, and brother, Kassim, were also killed in the strike that hit their home just after sunset.
A freelance journalist working for CBS News in Lebanon was told by sources there that the two brothers were both members of a Hezbollah rocket unit in southern Lebanon.













