Florida Man Charged with Attempted Murder After Shooting Two Israelis Mistaken for Palestinians

Mordechai Brafman, a 27-year-old man, was arrested in Miami Beach after allegedly firing 17 rounds at a vehicle carrying two Israeli visitors, believing them to be Palestinians. Brafman has been charged with two counts of attempted murder following the unprovoked attack on Saturday night. Surveillance footage revealed that he made a U-turn and shot at the victims' vehicle as they passed by, injuring one in the shoulder and grazing the other. After his arrest, Brafman reportedly claimed he thought he had killed 'two Palestinians,' raising concerns about potential hate crime motivations in the incident. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has called for federal hate crime charges, highlighting an alarming rise in bias-related incidents in Florida. The victims, identified as a father and son from Israel, were hospitalized but did not sustain life-threatening injuries.