{"id":37385,"date":"2025-12-14T15:42:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T15:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/sydney-shooting-an-anti-semitic-terrorist-attack-australian-pm\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T15:42:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T15:42:11","slug":"sydney-shooting-an-anti-semitic-terrorist-attack-australian-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/sydney-shooting-an-anti-semitic-terrorist-attack-australian-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney shooting an \u2018anti-Semitic terrorist attack\u2019 \u2013 Australian PM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two gunmen targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing at least 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney as an \u201cact of evil anti-Semitism,\u201d<\/em> vowing a decisive response to the attack. The incident left at least 12 people dead and more than two dozen wounded.<\/p>\n

The attack on Sunday was perpetrated by two gunmen who targeted the \u2018Hanukkah by the Sea\u2019 celebration. One of the alleged attackers was killed in the ensuing firefight with police; the other was taken into custody in critical condition.<\/p>\n

Police say they are treating the shooting as a \u201cterrorist incident.\u201d<\/em> A number of \u201csuspicious devices\u201d<\/em> believed to be improvised explosives were secured from a car linked to the attackers parked near the beach.<\/p>\n

The Australian prime minister condemned the attack and vowed to eradicate \u201chate, violence, and terrorism in our nation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been a devastating terrorist incident at Bondi at the Hanukkah By the Sea celebration. This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be a day of joy, a celebration of faith. [The attack is] an act of evil anti-Semitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation,\u201d<\/em> Albanese said.<\/p>\n

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Multiple people killed in beach shooting in Australia (VIDEOS)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

During the attack, one of the gunmen was ambushed by a bystander, who wrestled his firearm from him, videos circulating online suggest. The disarmed attacker retreated to his accomplice, apparently securing a backup firearm from him. The bystander received at least two gunshot wounds while trying to flee, according to the footage.<\/p>\n

Local media identified the man as a 43-year-old fruit shop owner and member of the local Muslim community. He has been hospitalized with non-life-threatening wounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The attack resulted in the death of Eli Schlanger, the assistant rabbi at Chabad of Bondi and one of the organizers of the event. Schlanger was a strong supporter of Israel amid the conflict in Gaza, repeatedly traveling there to meet with Israeli troops. Several other Chabad emissaries were among the injured, a spokesperson for Chabad Israel confirmed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two gunmen targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing at least 12 Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney as an \u201cact of evil anti-Semitism,\u201d vowing a decisive response to the attack. The incident left at least 12 people dead and more than two dozen wounded. The attack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-25 13:48:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpnewswire.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}