6 h. ago US Jewish groups urge heightened security at public events after Hanukkah attack in Australia

Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organizations to ratchet up security at public events following the weekend's mass shooting attack on a Hanukkah celebration on a beach in Australia

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18 h. ago Bondi Beach shooting UPDATES: Brit Rabbi and girl, 10, among 16 dead in attack

Sixteen people, including one gunman, are dead and 40 others remain in hospital with injuries following a mass shooting on Australia's Bondi Beach

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19 h. ago Bondi beach mass shooting: what we know so far about the terrorist attack

Australia suffered one of its deadliest massacres in its history on Sunday when two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish celebrationBondi beach shooting live updatesFull reportVictims named so farAustralia experienced one of its deadliest mass shootings in its history on Sunday when two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish celebration at Bondi in Sydney. At least 16 people are dead, including one of the alleged killers.Here is what we know so far:On Sunday at 6.47pm local time, police and emergency services were called to Archer Park next to Sydney’s Bondi beach after reports of gunshots.Footage shared on social media showed two gunman firing continuously at a large group who had gathered to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukah.At least 16 people are dead, including one of the alleged shooters. Among the dead are holocaust survivor Alexander Kleytman, London-born rabbi Eli Schlanger, French national Dan Elkayam, businessman Reuven Morrison, retired police officer Peter Meagher and a 10-year...

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20 h. ago Australia mass shooting: Youngest victim, 10, named as 'bright, joyful and spirited' girl

She is the youngest known victim of the mass shooting in Bondi Beach, Australia, which left at least 16 people dead and 40 others injured.

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26 h. ago How gunmen killed 15 on Bondi beach in Australia’s worst mass shooting in three decades

A ten-year-old girl among those killed in attack

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31 h. ago ‘The inevitable has happened’: Bondi beach attack follows rise in antisemitic incidents

Australia recorded 1,654 anti-Jewish incidents in year to September – three times higher than any annual total before Gaza warShortly after the mass shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community on Sunday, Rabbi Levi Wolff of Central Sydney Synagogue told reporters that “the inevitable has happened now”.Wolff was speaking in Bondi, close to where two men armed with powerful rifles or shotguns had just attacked an event celebrating Hanukah, the Jewish religious festival. At least 12 were killed, including one alleged gunman, and dozens were injured in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in almost three decades. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Timeline: Bondi beach terror attack becomes Australia’s worst mass shooting in three decades

Mass attacks have been rare in the wake of stringent gun controls brought in after the Port Arthur massacre of 1996Associated Press contributed reporting. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Mass shootings are rare in Australia. Here is a look at some previous attacks

Police say at least 11 people were killed Sunday in a shooting attack on a Jewish community event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

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37 h. ago Bondi beach attack: what we know so far about the shooting in Australia

At least 12 people are dead after a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration at Bondi beach on Sunday evening, including one shooterBondi beach shooting live updatesFull report on the Bondi beach terror attack: 12 people killed after gunshots fired at park in AustraliaAt least 12 people are dead, including one shooter, after an attack on a Hanukah celebration on Bondi beach in Sydney on Sunday evening, which has been declared a terrorism event. Here’s what we know so far:The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, said at least 12 people had been killed in a mass shooting at a Hanukah event at Bondi beach on Sunday evening, including one of the alleged shooters.A second alleged shooter was in a critical condition, police said, and they were investigating whether there was a third attacker.Police have designated the attack a terrorism incident.NSW police and the director general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Mike Burgess, said one of the shooters was known to autho...

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38 h. ago Bondi Beach shooting declared terrorist incident and 'act of anti

12 people have been confirmed dead after a horrific mass shooting at a Jewish festival on Bondi beach in Australia with the incident now declared a terrorist incident by police

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