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By Casey Tolan, Charbel Mallo, Jeff Winter, CNN

(CNN) — A week before Thursday’s attack on a Michigan synagogue, the suspect’s two brothers and two of their children were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Lebanon, the mayor of the Lebanese village where they lived told CNN.

The Department of Homeland Security said that Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, 41, drove a vehicle laden with explosives into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township near Detroit. It then caught fire, in what the FBI called a “targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.” The FBI said the agency is continuing to investigate the attack.

Ghazali was killed after security officers for the synagogue engaged him and “neutralized the threat,” West Bloomfield Police Chief Dale Young said Thursday. One security officer was hurt in the attack, and at least 30 law enforcement officers were treated for smoke inhalation, authorities said.

Iskandar Barakeh, the mayor of Mashghara, Lebanon, said in a phone interview that Ghazali’s brothers, Kassim and Ibrahim, were killed in an Israeli airstrike there on March 5, along with Ibrahim’s children, Ali and Fatima. The two men’s wives and Ghazali’s parents also sustained injuries, Barakeh said.

Three Israeli airstrikes have recently hit the village, which is about 30 miles southeast of Beirut, including an attack on a financial institution associated with the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah that damaged a nearby school, according to Barakeh. While some residents initially left the village, many have begun returning recently, he said.

Mo Baydoun, the mayor of Dearborn Heights, the Detroit suburb where Ghazali lived, also said in a statement that Ghazali had lost family members in Lebanon in an Israeli attack. “Everyone deserves to worship in peace, and we must unequivocally condemn any attack on a house of worship or the people within it,” Baydoun said.

Ghazali, who was born in Lebanon, came to the US in 2011 after receiving a visa as the spouse of a US citizen, the DHS said in a statement. He became a naturalized US citizen in 2016.

He worked at a Middle Eastern restaurant in Dearborn Heights, an employee at the restaurant said. A manager at the restaurant declined to comment further.

Ghazali’s wife filed for divorce in August 2024, and the divorce was finalized in March 2025, according to Wayne County court records.

CNN’s Rob Kuznia and Blake Ellis contributed to this report.

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By Leah Dolan, CNN

(CNN) — This week, fashion editors, influencers and those generally in the business of expensive clothes went green with envy at the sight of Harry Styles. Not just for the reasons one might expect (dashing good looks, fame and fortune) but because he was carrying a maxi leopard print Chanel flap bag designed by the French luxury house’s newish artistic director of fashion, Matthieu Blazy.

It was a loud and proud proclamation that Styles had gotten his hands on one of the most in-demand, status-bestowing handbags of the moment, first unveiled at Chanel’s Metiers d’art show in New York. In short, he was carrying the It-bag du jour.

Since Blazy’s first ready-to-wear collection for Chanel arrived in stores last weekend, the difficulty in acquiring one of his designs has been well documented. “Let me tell you, the iconic Rue Cambon Chanel was A SCENE on March 5th,” Kaelen Haworth, a stylist and owner of the Toronto-based designer and vintage clothing store Absolutely Fabrics, who was in Paris for fashion week, wrote on her Substack. “Shoppers Gone Feral” is how The New York Times headlined their coverage on Monday of customers swarming the Chanel store. Stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson, who has dressed the first lady of New York Rama Duwaji, described it in her Substack as “mayhem,” noting that her fashionable counterparts were “losing their ever-loving minds” over trying to get their hands on the new products.

Yet, despite the many successful hauls that were consequently shared on social media, Chanel’s soft maxi flap bag was one of the hardest items to acquire (reportedly due to low availability), prompting some customers to question if the brand might be taking a leaf out of the Hermès playbook, where the availability of its most iconic products — particularly the Birkin and Kelly bags — is limited to enhance their desirability and value. All of this lore imbues Styles’ latest outfit with an if-you-know-you-know edge.

When you consider most of the It-bags in history — the Chanel 2.55 bag introduced in the 1950s, the Dior Saddle Bag in 1999, and the Celine Luggage tote bag in 2010, to name a few — they’re usually coveted and worn by women, long the dominant force in luxury spending. But a new generation of male celebrities are making the case for investing in bags beyond the nondescript leather satchels, urban roll-top backpacks, canvas duffel bags that most men have historically carried around.

Fashion-forward men like Jacob Elordi, A$AP Rocky, and Pharrell Williams have not just normalized carrying high-end bags but also embraced experimental shapes and styles — frequently appearing in public with brands like Bottega Veneta, Chanel, and Goyard. (Judging by the paparazzi pics, Elordi’s collection is extensive, having been photographed wearing the Andiamo, the padded Cassette, the Maxi Veneta and large Hop tote – all from Bottega Veneta.) Meanwhile, Bad Bunny has a