Australia's prime minister said the suspects in the shooting at the Hanukkah event were “motivated by Islamic State ideology.” They had traveled to the Philippines prior to the attack, officials said.

People of all ages had been looking forward to celebrating — especially this year, as a ceasefire in Gaza has held since October and all but one of the hostages taken by Hamas-led militants have been returned.

WASHINGTON In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, condemned

Australia's PM says the attack - in which 15 people were killed - appears to have been "motivated by Islamic State ideology".

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.

Video appears to show a man tackling and disarming one of the gunmen, as officials say 11 people were killed in an attack "designed to target" Jewish people.