@Avira
1. We feed akum mipnei darchei sholom,and this story is an amazing example of why this is important.
yes but this wasn’t agav aniyei yisrael.
2. Pikuach nefesh?
He could have just announced that the bread was poisoned.
3. Great question! No idea. Could be that this way every single jew would definitely be saved.
As would be through my suggestion.