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No official details were immediately available, but ​aerial news footage from over the synagogue showed ​plumes of smoke rising from the roof of the ⁠building, with police and fire department vehicles nearby, News.Az reports, citing Reuters.

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Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said on CNN: “Nobody at the moment has been confirmed to be hurt except potentially the shooter.”
 
Temple Israel runs an early childhood center that provides childcare and education to children as young as 6 weeks old, according to its website.
FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X: “FBI personnel are on the ‌scene ⁠with partners in Michigan and responding to the apparent vehicle ramming and active shooter situation out of Temple Israel Synagogue in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan.”
 
The Jewish Federation of Detroit posted a message on its ⁠Facebook page saying its affiliated agencies were “currently in precautionary lockdown” in response to the Temple Israel incident.
 
Jewish organizations throughout the United States have ⁠been operating under heightened security since U.S. and Israeli warplanes initiated massive air strikes on Iran on February 28, sparking ⁠an intensifying war across the Middle East.

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The investigation, called Venezuela II by the court, was referred to the court by Venezuela’s government in 2020, alleging that sanctions against the country had caused suffering and hardship, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.

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The referral from now-deposed President Nicolas Maduro alleges the suffering of Venezuelans from “the application of unlawful coercive measures adopted unilaterally by the government of the United States of America against Venezuela, at least since the year 2014.”
Venezuela alleged that “murder, extermination, deportation, persecution and other inhumane acts constituting crimes against humanity” were committed, the OTP said.

The ICC prosecutor determined that the “evidential requirements of causation and intent are not met.”

The evidence “must provide a reasonable basis to believe that sanctions by the United States of America led to murder, displacement or other alleged crimes,” the OTP said.

The decision is unrelated to the January 2026 events in Venezuela, the prosecutor noted.

In January, the United States invaded Venezuela, arrested Maduro and his wife and took them to Manhattan, where they await trial on drug trafficking charges.

The ICC prosecutor said it is still investigating “Venezuela I,” a case that doesn’t involve the United States.

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The Israeli military said its defence systems were operating to intercept the threat, News.Az reports, citing foreign media.

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Israel’s Home Front Command said a missile hit an open area in central Israel.

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