Overview
- Family accounts say Leibel Lazaroff used his shirt as a tourniquet and shielded a critically wounded NSW police officer during Sunday’s antisemitic attack at a Sydney Hanukkah event.
- He sustained severe gunshot wounds to his abdomen and leg, has undergone multiple life-saving surgeries, and remains unable to eat or drink as recovery continues.
- Medical staff report encouraging resilience, with physical therapy helping him briefly sit up, though he is still too unwell to walk and faces further operations.
- His father told Australian media that Leibel asked the injured officer for his firearm to try to stop the gunman, and that doctors expect at least a two‑week hospital stay.
- The attack left at least 15 people dead and more than 40 hospitalized, and the family says the officer Leibel aided may have been Constable Scott Dyson, a detail NSW Police have not confirmed.