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A man with a rifle who crashed into a large Michigan synagogue in what federal officials say was an attack had lost four family members in an Israeli airstrike in his native Lebanon last week, an official said Friday.

Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Lebanon, was killed by security after ramming into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit and driving down a hallway in a vehicle that then caught fire, according to authorities.

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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin during a news conference Friday praised Temple Israel's private security for swiftly stopping the attack.

“If they had not all done their jobs almost perfectly, we would be talking about an immense tragedy here with children gone,” Slotkin said.

Whitmer urged Americans to “lower the rhetoric” amid what she called a rising wave of antisemitism. She said the children attending school at the synagogue were 5 and younger.

“This is targeting babies who are Jewish," Whitmer said. "That is antisemitism at its absolute worst.”

Ghazali came to the U.S. in 2011 on an immediate relative visa as the spouse of a U.S. citizen and was granted U.S. citizenship in 2016, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

An Israeli airstrike killed four people in the eastern Lebanon town of Mashgharah on March 5, Lebanon's state agency and the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. A woman was also wounded.

The ripple effects of the Iran war have spread across the Middle East. 

Campaign Statement on Treatment of Brian McGinnis, Green Party

Candidate at US Senate Hearing

The Domestic War Machine Will Never Be Satiated The violent removal of Marine veteran and Green Party Senate candidate Brian McGinnis from last Wednesday’s Senate Armed Services hearing exposed the deep-seated issues facing the US political system. McGinnis valiantly protested the root of the problem, shouting, “America does not want to send its sons and daughters to war for Israel!” His voice represented the 60% of Americans who reject the current status of US foreign intervention, yet he was met with brute force.

The hypocrisy was laid bare when Senator Tim Sheehy—who has received significant campaign contributions from pro-war lobbying groups like AIPAC—left his seat to physically intervene. A sitting Senator and fellow veteran assisted in the assault of a citizen, leading to the audible “snap” of Brian’s arm as he was forced from the Senate hall.

Ex-Marine, Senate Candidate Speaks Out After Arrest, Arm Broken During Iran War Protest in Senate

When a public official breaks the arm of a firefighter, a father of four, and a military veteran who sacrificed his life for this country, it stands to reason that the game being played only serves the highest bidder: the military contractors and political lobbyists who profit off of death and destruction.

Following his hospital stay for injuries sustained at the hands of a U.S. Senator and Capitol Police, Brian was charged with three counts of assault of a police officer. This calculated attempt to silence a Green Party candidate is a denial of due process. The government uses veterans as props, yet the moment a service member uses their freedom of speech to speak out against illegal and unconstitutional war, their rights are discarded.

The media has fixated on the “scuffle” and conveniently glossed over his Green Party affiliation. This framing is an intentional erasure designed to distract from and delegitimize critique of Israel and maintain the image of a two-party duopoly against the threat of a social justice-powered platform. The North Carolina Green Party has issued a press release on the incident: Marine arrested shouting, "No one wants to fight for Israel.”

To the veterans of this country: Brian’s broken arm is a message that your service is only “honored” as long as you remain silent and complicit.

Your oath was to the Constitution, not to the military contractors or the Senators who serve them. We invite you to use your words as weapons and join us in this movement. Standing with the Green Party is the most patriotic act you can take to save the future of this country. 

The Butch Ware for Governor campaign stands in unwavering solidarity with Brian McGinnis. It is time for a Third Option: vote Green.

Washtenaw County health officials confirmed a measles case on Wednesday.

Health officials said the unvaccinated man was recently in Florida, where they believe he likely contracted measles.

Health officials said the man was at the following locations last week, between getting back from Florida and being diagnosed:

Sidetrack Bar and Grill on Cross Street, Ypsilanti, 7:45 p.m. to 1 a.m. on March 4-5.

T-Mobile at 2044 Whittaker, Ypsilanti, 6 to 8:40 p.m. on March 5.

Cricket Wireless on Ellsworth at the Roundtree Place Shopping Center, Ypsilanti, 6:55 p.m. to 8:55 p.m. on March 5.

CVS Pharmacy at 1415 Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti, 4 to 6:07 p.m. on March 6.

Cricket Wireless on Ellsworth, Ypsilanti, 7 to 10 p.m. on March 6.

The Ypsilanti Urgent Care on Michigan Avenue, Ypsilanti, 7:15 to 9:27 p.m. on March 7.

The Canton Urgent Care on Ford Road, Canton, 4:30 to 7 p.m. on March 8.

Health officials ask anyone who was at the following locations during those times to watch for measles symptoms over the next three weeks.

"Measles is highly contagious and spreads easily though the air," Washtenaw County Health Department Medical Director Juan Luis Marquez said. "This means we need to alert people who may have been exposed. Anyone not vaccinated is likely to become ill if exposed."

Symptoms of measles usually begin within seven to 14 days after exposure and can appear up to 21 days after exposure. They include a high fever, cough, runny nose, red and watery eyes, tiny white spots on the inner cheeks and rashes, officials said.

If symptoms develop, residents are urged to not visit their doctor or emergency room unless they have called ahead so facilities can take precautions to prevent exposure to other people.