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Gunmen targeted Australia’s Jewish community in a deadly mass shooting. Here’s what we know
Sydney residents have laid flowers and lit candles in a massive outpouring of support as the community mourns people who were massacred by two gunmen in a terror attack Sunday targeting the Jewish community celebrating the first night of Hannukah at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach.

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Gunmen kill at least 15 in attack targeting Australia's Bondi Beach Jewish community Hanukkah celebration, officials say
Jewish man reflects on terror attack in Australia, the footage that gave him hope
Australian Police Say Bondi Beach Mass Shooting Was Inspired by Islamic State
Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett says a mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Isl...

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Police investigating Bondi gunmen's trip to Philippines month before shooting
Bondi gunmen were inspired by Islamic State, had travelled to the Philippines, Australia police say
'Unspeakable Tragedy': Residents React to Mass Shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach
A man identified by Australian media as 43-year-old Sydney fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed has been hailed as a hero for tackling ​and disarming one ⁠of the gunmen during the attack.

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Father and son gunmen kill at least 15 people in attack on Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach
What we know so far about the Bondi Beach attack on a Hanukkah event

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke dodges series of questions from Sky News as Australian Jewish anger grows

In a major blow to transparency, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has refused to answer questions about his response to antisemitism in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack

Australian authorities ignored warning signs of rising antisemitism, some Jewish leaders say

The country endured its deadliest mass killing in nearly 30 years, with the massacre of 15 people this weekend during a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach.

Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called an attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a Sydney beach that killed at least 11 people an act of antisemitism and terrorism.
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Australia’s Jewish community is defined by Holocaust survivors, Yiddishkeit and immigrants

An attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney has drawn attention to Australia’s distinctive Jewish community.

For Australia's Jews, Bondi shooting feels tragically inevitable

Days after Hamas attacked Israel in 2023, killing some 1,200 people and sparking the war in Gaza, an inverted red triangle was spray-painted on the front of a Jewish bakery in Sydney, the first of a string of antisemitic incidents in Australia.

Rabbi slams Australia over Bondi murder of two Jewish leaders, one with ‘deep US ties’

Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarter's Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky says the Bondi Beach shooting reflects Australia's tolerance of escalating antisemitic violence.

Some Australian Jews Accuse the Government of Failing to Heed Warnings

A troubling rise in antisemitic attacks and incidents in recent years have left some feeling anger after the kind of deadly attack they felt was sure to happen.

'Act of pure evil': 15 killed in Australian shooting targeting Jewish community, officials say

Two people were taken into custody on Sunday as law enforcement officials responded to Australia’s popular Bondi Beach for a "developing incident," the New South Wales Police Force said. Police in a social media message urged the public to avoid the area. Anyone who was there was told to seek shelter.

Security concerns heightened for American Jews in wake of Australia massacre

While there are some American Jews who might be wary of outward displays of their faith this holiday season, others will be louder and prouder about their identity. Community menorah lightings
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