Hundreds had gathered for an event at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the Hanukkah Jewish festival.

Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Jewish celebration, which was held in a small park off the beach.

A Holocaust survivor, a 10-year-old and a Chabad rabbi were among the 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah event at Australia's Bondi Beach on Sunday. Hundreds of people had gathered to mark the first day of the Jewish festival before the attackers struck at the event in Sydney.

At least 15 people were killed in a terror attack on Sunday targeting the Jewish community celebrating the first night of Hannukah at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach.

Authorities in Australia are crediting a Muslim man with preventing an escalating loss of life by tackling one of two shooters, helping to end the attack on a Hanukkah celebration.

The deadly terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney comes amid a significant spike in antisemitic rhetoric and attacks in Australia.

Australia's prime minister proposed tougher national gun laws after a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Flowers and an Israeli flag are laid in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach outside the Bondi Pavilion in Sydney on December 15, 2025. The son of two Texas A&M Jewish leaders was among those shot by two gunmen during a Hanukkah celebration Sunday on Bondi Beach in the Australian city of Sydney.