Driver who rammed car into Michigan's Temple Israel synagogue and preschool is dead
The FBI, which is leading the probe, classified the incident as a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.”
Antisemitic threats have skyrocketed in recent years, according to the Anti-Defamation League, which recorded more than 9,300 cases across the US in 2024, the highest total since tracking began in 1979.
140 students inside.
The Detroit suburbs of Oakland County, Michigan — where Temple Israel is located — has one of the largest Jewish populations outside of the New York area.
It is also located about 20 miles north of Dearborn, which has the largest Muslim and Arab population in the US.
Ghazli, a restaurant worker who lived in Dearborn Heights, carried out the twisted attack after at least four family members, including a sibling, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon days earlier, sources close to the investigation told The Detroit News.