A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's police said Tuesday.

At least 15 people are dead after a mass shooting at Australia’s famous Bondi Beach on Sunday. Follow live updates.

Australian police are investigating a trip taken to the Philippines by two alleged gunmen in the month before Sunday's deadly shooting.

Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

As the second night of Hannukah began in Sydney, Australia, the scene of Sunday's shooting was the site of another gathering.

Australia is vowing to enact tougher gun controls after a targeted Hanukkah shooting at Bondi Beach leaves 15 dead and many people injured.

ADELAIDE, Australia—The shooters who attacked a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday appear to have been inspired by Islamic State, Australia’s prime minister said Tuesday, as investigators looked into the planning behind the country’s deadliest mass shooting in nearly 30 years.

Police and local media reports said the shooting began while some people were attending a Hanukkah party on the beach. At least 40 people were hospitalized.

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann is now the director of Chabad Columbus. Marked among the dead was Rabbi Eli Schlanger, the brother-in-law of one of Kaltmann's friends from when he studied at the Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand.