Suspect in Michigan synagogue attack lost family in recent airstrike in Lebanon, source says. Here's what we know.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : Tonight, we send a message of strength and support from Israel to the Jewish community in Michigan.
50% : Temple Israel is the largest Reform synagogue in the United States, according to its website.
50% : The synagogue said there were 140 students at the center on Thursday and that they and all teachers and staff were safe and accounted for. Rabbi Josh Bennett of Temple Israel said they had security measures in place and staff had received active-shooter training that helped them know how to react in the crisis.
35% : A suspect is dead after ramming a truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, Michigan, on Thursday afternoon, in what the FBI said was a "targeted act of violence against the Jewish community."
35% : Around 1:35 p.m. Thursday, police responded to reports of shots fired in the area of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, a suburb northwest of Detroit, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said.

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