Overview
- At least 15 people were killed and about 40 wounded during a public menorah‑lighting on Sydney’s Bondi Beach that authorities classified as an antisemitic terrorist attack.
- Two gunmen opened fire on a crowd estimated at roughly 1,000 attendees, with police killing one attacker and detaining the other in critical condition.
- Victims included community figures, with officials reporting a rabbi, a Holocaust survivor, and a 12‑year‑old girl among the dead.
- Jewish communities held vigils and proceeded with Hanukkah events as police departments from New York and Los Angeles to New Jersey increased patrols and security at synagogues and public celebrations.
- Jewish organizations urged governments to intensify measures against rising antisemitism, while Chabad called for continuing and expanding public menorah lightings in defiance of the violence.