‘Mentally Unstable’: Ex-Wife Warned Police Within Minutes Of Temple Israel Terrorist Attack

New details have emerged following last Thursday’s attack on Temple Israel, including a warning from the suspect’s ex-wife to police just moments after the violence began.

The suspect, 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Lebanon, died after ramming his vehicle into the West Bloomfield, Michigan, synagogue and engaging in a shootout with armed security. The FBI later confirmed Ghazali died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

According to newly released 911 records obtained by Fox News, Ghazali’s ex-wife called dispatchers at 12:21 p.m. — just two minutes after the attack began — warning that he was “mentally unstable.”

She told the operator that Ghazali had been deeply distressed following the reported deaths of his brothers and their children in an Israeli airstrike, and said he had recently asked her to send money overseas.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed Sunday that Ibrahim Muhammad Ghazali, identified as the attacker’s brother, was a commander within Hezbollah’s “Badr Unit.” According to the IDF, he oversaw weapons operations and was involved in launching “hundreds of rockets toward Israeli civilians” before being killed in an airstrike last week.

Federal officials acknowledged they are “aware” of the family’s alleged ties to the Iranian-backed terror group.

The investigation has also uncovered a premeditated trail leading up to the violence. Two days before the attack, surveillance footage captured Ghazali at a Phantom Fireworks showroom in Livonia, where he spent more than $2,000. Store executives noted Ghazali specifically sought out items with names like “Military Demolitions” and “Da Bomb.”

“He obviously thought that they were going to be stronger and perhaps more devastating than they were,” said Phantom Fireworks Executive Vice President Alan Zoldan.

Investigators later recovered large quantities of fireworks and gasoline containers in the bed of Ghazali’s truck, which ignited after he crashed into the building.

The attack occurred while the synagogue’s preschool was in session. Thanks to the intervention of armed security and the rapid response of local law enforcement — who rushed into the smoke-filled building to evacuate children — all 140 students and staff were safely evacuated without injury.