Overview
- Australian authorities reported at least 15 people killed and dozens wounded at a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, saying a father and son carried out the shooting as investigators continue to assess motive.
- Police said the father was killed at the scene and the son was shot by officers and hospitalized in critical condition, with updates on the probe still developing.
- Zohran Mamdani condemned the massacre as a “vile act of antisemitic terror” and pledged to work daily to keep Jewish New Yorkers safe.
- Deborah Lipstadt and other critics said Mamdani’s earlier refusal to explicitly condemn the “globalize the intifada” slogan has consequences, reviving a key tension from his campaign.
- Outgoing Mayor Eric Adams labeled the Sydney attack the “actual application” of that slogan and announced heightened NYPD protection, as Commissioner Jessica Tisch called the massacre part of a wider assault on Jewish life.