Team coverage of West Bloomfield temple attack: March 13, 2026

Members of Temple Israel are gathering for the Sabbath, a day after a man named Ayman Mohamad Ghazali drove his pickup truck into the temple, causing a fire. This attack forced the evacuation of over 100 preschoolers and staff to a nearby country club. Ghazali, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Lebanon, had recently purchased fireworks and has a personal history of loss due to an Israeli airstrike. In response to the attack, security measures around religious and community spaces have been heightened.