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Jewish Florida Man Arrested After Shooting Two Israelis He Thought Were Palestinian

  • A Miami Beach man, Mordechai Brafman, 27, was arrested for allegedly shooting at a vehicle, hitting two people inside, according to police reports.
  • Brafman fired 17 shots at the victim's car, which he did not know, while waiting on the driver's side, as the car passed him unprovoked, according to authorities.
  • One victim was shot in the shoulder, while the other was grazed on the arm, as reported by the police.
  • Brafman faces two charges of attempted second degree murder and claimed to have seen 'two Palestinians' before the shooting, according to his arrest form.
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Florida man charged with attempted murder after shooting 2 men he thought were Palestinians

A Florida man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after opening fire on two men in Miami Beach who he thought were Palestinians. An arrest report states

·United States
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National PostNational Post

Florida Jewish man charged with shooting Israelis he mistook for Palestinians

27-year-old Jewish man accused of firing semiautomatic handgun at two vacationing Israeli tourists that he mistook for Palestinians

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Colorado Springs GazetteColorado Springs Gazette

Florida hate crimes unit probes shooting of two Israelis thought to be Palestinian

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El FinancieroEl Financiero

Man shoots 17 times two Israelis in Miami Beach: ‘As I drove, I saw two Palestinians and shot’

A 27-year-old man in Miami Beach, United States, faces two counts of second-degree murder after Sunday night shooting 17 times against an Israeli father and son, whom he confessed to confusing with “Palestinians,” according to the local press who agreed to the police raid. “While driving my truck, I saw two Palestinians and shot and killed both of them,” the individual said when he was arrested minutes later, but none of the victims—a father and…

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HaaretzHaaretz

A Jewish man in Florida shot two Israelis he thought were Palestinian. What is going on?

The story of 'Jewish Florida Man' would be funny if it weren't so tragic

·Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
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The Toronto StarThe Toronto Star

Florida man charged with attempted murder after shooting two men he thought were ‘Palestinians’

Mordechai Brafman shot at the men 17 times in the unprovoked attack, according to an arrest report.

·Toronto, Canada
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NBC Miami broke the news in Miami, United States on Sunday, February 16, 2025.
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