Man who drove vehicle full of explosives through doors at Michigan synagogue synagogue ID’d as Lebanese American granted citizenship under Obama | 12 March 2026 | The man who drove a vehicle full of explosives through a preschool at a Michigan synagogue in an attack Thursday has been identified as a naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon, federal officials announced. The wannabe car bomber, who died after smashing through the doors of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield, was ID’d as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, the Department of Homeland Security told The Post. Ghazali, who is married to a U.S. citizen, entered the U.S. through Detroit in 2011 and became a U.S. citizen himself in 2016 under the Obama administration, according to DHS. The armed driver was found dead inside the car, which was loaded with mortar shells, after the temple’s security opened fire when they plowed through the entrance, police and sources said.