Kremlin Declines to Comment on Sale of Russian Sukhoi-35 Jets to Iran 

The Indian Air Force showing the Trishul formation, comprising three Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft, during India's 76th Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, 26 January 2025. (EPA) 
The Indian Air Force showing the Trishul formation, comprising three Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft, during India's 76th Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, 26 January 2025. (EPA) 
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Kremlin Declines to Comment on Sale of Russian Sukhoi-35 Jets to Iran 

The Indian Air Force showing the Trishul formation, comprising three Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft, during India's 76th Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, 26 January 2025. (EPA) 
The Indian Air Force showing the Trishul formation, comprising three Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft, during India's 76th Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, India, 26 January 2025. (EPA) 

The Kremlin declined to comment on Tuesday on a statement by a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander that Tehran had purchased Sukhoi-35 fighter jets from Russia.

The commander, Ali Shadmani, confirmed the purchase for the first time on Monday but did not specify how many jets had been bought or whether they had already been delivered.

Iran and Russia signed a comprehensive strategic partnership on Jan. 17 which said that the two countries would develop their "military-technical cooperation."



Florida Man Shot Israeli Visitors Thinking They Were Palestinians, Police Say

 Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza mark 500 days of their captivity by spreading a massive Israeli flag depicting an hourglass in the Mediterranean Sea, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Hebrew of the flag reads "Without the abductees, Israel runs out". (AP)
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza mark 500 days of their captivity by spreading a massive Israeli flag depicting an hourglass in the Mediterranean Sea, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Hebrew of the flag reads "Without the abductees, Israel runs out". (AP)
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Florida Man Shot Israeli Visitors Thinking They Were Palestinians, Police Say

 Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza mark 500 days of their captivity by spreading a massive Israeli flag depicting an hourglass in the Mediterranean Sea, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Hebrew of the flag reads "Without the abductees, Israel runs out". (AP)
Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza mark 500 days of their captivity by spreading a massive Israeli flag depicting an hourglass in the Mediterranean Sea, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. Hebrew of the flag reads "Without the abductees, Israel runs out". (AP)

A Florida man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting at a vehicle with two men who he thought were Palestinians but turned out to be Israeli visitors, local authorities and media reports said.

The website of Miami-Dade County Corrections says the suspect, 27-year-old Mordechai Brafman, was charged with two counts of attempted murder and booked on Sunday for the shooting on Saturday.

A police official confirmed earlier reports from local media that Brafman said in an interview with police that while he was driving his truck in Miami Beach, he saw two people he thought were Palestinian. He stopped, shot at and killed them.

However, the victims survived. One was shot in the shoulder and the other had a wounded forearm. They turned out to be Israeli visitors and not Palestinians, police said.

A representative or lawyer for Brafman could not be immediately identified by Reuters.

Human rights advocates say there has been a rise in anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian and antisemitic hate in the United States since the start of US ally Israel's war in Gaza following an Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Palestinian group Hamas.