Man shoots Israeli tourists in Florida, mistakes them for Palestinians

In a disturbing incident, a 27-year-old man identified as Mordechai Brafman shot at two Israeli tourists, believing them to be Palestinian Muslims. The shooting occurred in the United States’s Florida Miami Beach on Saturday night February, 15.

According to the reports, the man fueled with anti-Palestinian hate made a sudden U-turn in front of



the victim’s car and opened fire, discharging 17 rounds from his vehicle, leaving the Israeli tryourts severely injured.

After the shooting, Florida authorities launched a massive search operation and arrested Brafman on Sunday. He was subsequently charged with two counts of attempted murder, according to the website of Miami-Dade County Corrections.