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 suspect who attacked a synagogue in Michigan lost family members in an Israeli strike in Lebanon on March 5. Relatives and neighbors in his hometown share their views on his actions.

The Israeli military said the brother of the man who attacked a Michigan synagogue was a Hezbollah commander and was recently killed in an airstrike.

Israel on Sunday said the suspect alleged to have conducted the recent Michigan synagogue attack was related to a Hezbollah commander. The suspect, Ayman Muhammad Ghazali, 41, died by suicide on Thursday after driving into Temple Israel in a suburb outside of Detroit.

Rabbi Micah Peltz of Temple Beth Shalom said the incident reminded him how small the Jewish community is in the U.S.

Jewish and Arab American leaders decry violence at Temple Israel, but US-Israel war on Iran complicates healing

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali allegedly purchased $2,250 worth of fireworks before ramming a truck into Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan.