2 h. ago Bondi beach shooting live: Victoria announces $2m package to protect Jewish community and combat radicalisation; new record for blood donation

Authorities say 25 still in hospital from terror attack including children. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDreyfus says Australians rising to support community in wake of terror attacksThe former attorney general and special envoy for international human rights, Mark Dreyfus, just been on Radio National. He said this type of hatred will not divide Australia.People are going to unite to reject this hatred. It’s much worse than anyone’s worst nightmares.It’s the event that we in the Jewish community feared, the murder of 15 of our community members celebrating Hanukah ... Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Bondi beach shooting live: Australians set new record for blood donation; 25 still in hospital from terror attack including children

Dozens of mourners gather at Bondi Pavilion on Tuesday morning to pay respects. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDreyfus says Australians rising to support community in wake of terror attacksThe former attorney general and special envoy for international human rights, Mark Dreyfus, just been on Radio National. He said this type of hatred will not divide Australia.People are going to unite to reject this hatred. It’s much worse than anyone’s worst nightmares.It’s the event that we in the Jewish community feared, the murder of 15 of our community members celebrating Hanukah ... Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Bondi beach shooting live: 25 people still in hospital after terror attack, some with ‘devastating injuries’, health minister says

Dozens of mourners gather at Bondi Pavilion on Tuesday morning to pay respects. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDreyfus says Australians rising to support community in wake of terror attacksThe former attorney general and special envoy for international human rights, Mark Dreyfus, just been on Radio National. He said this type of hatred will not divide Australia.People are going to unite to reject this hatred. It’s much worse than anyone’s worst nightmares.It’s the event that we in the Jewish community feared, the murder of 15 of our community members celebrating Hanukah ... Continue reading...

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5 h. ago England face daunting task as Ashes series resumes in shadow of tragedy

Sunday’s events in Bondi have stunned Australia and the watching world before a third Test that could be a decisive one for this England team’s legacyAdelaide may be 1,300km to the west of Bondi but the sense of pain in the city has been no less for the distance. People are in shock here trying to make sense of the horrors that unfolded on Sunday evening – a day that was supposed to be one of celebration for Sydney’s Jewish community. As the first national public event being staged in Australia since, the third Ashes Test that starts here on Wednesday will play out to a sombre backdrop. The flags at Adelaide Oval will fly at half-mast, a minute’s silence will be observed before the toss, while players are likely to wear black armbands throughout. Inevitably, security for the match has been increased.It will doubtless be an emotional week for Australia’s players and not least given the number of links to New South Wales within their squad. Nathan Lyon summed up the helplessness many ...

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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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27 h. ago Father and son gunmen killed 16 including girl and rabbi in Bondi Beach attack

Two terrorist gunmen targeted more than 1,000 people attending a Jewish festival event on the popular Sydney beach.

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28 h. ago Minister seeks Garda assurances as patrols are increased at Jewish events

Jim O’Callaghan said he spoke with the Garda commissioner about levels of protection needed by the Jewish community

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28 h. ago Shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach comes amid rising antisemitism in Australia

Australian PM Anthony Albanese called the shooting an act of antisemitism and terrorism

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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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32 h. ago Mass shooting at Jewish event on Bondi Beach follows rising antisemitism in Australia

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called an attack on a Hanukkah celebration at a Sydney beach that killed at least 11 people an act of antisemitism and terrorism

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33 h. ago Gardai to increase patrols at Irish Jewish centres and events

The Department of Foreign Affairs said it was not aware of any citizens who have been ‘impacted directly’ by the gun attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

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35 h. ago Bondi Beach hero who tackled terrorist pictured after being shot twice

Sydney local Ahmed al Ahmed has been named as the man who disarmed a shooter at a Jewish event

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36 h. ago Met Police to increase cop numbers at London Hanukkah events following Bondi Beach terror attack on Jewish festival

Mayor of London Sir Sadiq Khan said Scotland Yard would be 'increasing their visibility' after at least 12 beachgoers were killed and 29 injured while attending a holiday celebration in Australia.

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36 h. ago At least 11 people killed in terror attack on Jewish event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

Authorities say 29 people have been hospitalised including two police officers

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36 h. ago UK events remember Bondi victims as police step up security in Jewish communities

UK events remember Bondi victims as police step up security in Jewish communities  BBC

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37 h. ago Bondi beach shooting live updates: Australia's PM condemns act of ‘evil antisemitism’ as death toll from attack at Jewish festival rises to 12; event declared terror incident

A further 29 people are in hospital in Australia, with paramedics treating more at the scene near where a Hanukah event was taking place in Sydney. Follow updates liveBondi beach terror attack: 12 people killed after gunshots fired at park in AustraliaWhat we know so far about the Bondi beach attackThe prime minister, Anthony Albanese, just released a statement. He said:The scenes in Bondi are shocking and distressing. Police and emergency responders are on the ground working to save lives. My thoughts are with every person affected. I just have spoken to the AFP Commissioner and the NSW Premier. We are working with NSW Police and will provide further updates as more information is confirmed. I urge people in the vicinity to follow information from the NSW Police. 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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38 h. ago Bondi Beach shooting: Police find suspicious items as 10 confirmed dead in horror incident

A police operation is continuing at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, after two men opened fire at a Jewish holiday event leaving 10 dead including one attacker and 11 others injured

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39 h. ago Twelve killed in gun attack at Jewish event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

Authorities say they have designated incident as terrorism

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40 h. ago Bondi Beach shooting LIVE: 'At least 10 dead' as gunmen open fire at Jewish party

At least 10 people are said to have died after shots were fired at Australia's Bondi Beach in what is believed to be a targeted attack at a Jewish event

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