Preliminary evidence indicates Naveed Akram, 24, staged a “terrorist attack inspired by ISIS," police said Wednesday. The first funerals for victims were held under tight security.

Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who disarmed one of the gunmen involved in the mass shooting at an Australian Hanukkah event, is still recovering. He underwent "a very complex operation,” and is expected to undergo another eight-hour surgery later this week,

Hanukkah Hunukka, light the menorah. A large group of people packed the events room at the Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara on Wednesday

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.

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.

Bondi may forever carry the mournful memory of a deadly terror attack. But CNA found that on the ground, a community in grief is resolute that Australia’s most famous beach will not be tarnished by terror.

The first funeral for one of the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting has taken place in Sydney, with thousands gathering to mourn Rabbi Eli Schlanger. He was among 15 people killed when two gunmen, alleged to have been motivated by Islamic State ideology, opened fire on a festival marking the first day of Hanukkah.

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.