Overview
- Australian authorities classified the Bondi Beach shooting during a Hanukkah event as an antisemitic terrorist attack that left multiple people dead and dozens injured.
- New South Wales Police said the perpetrators were a father and son, aged 50 and 24, with one killed at the scene and the other in hospital under guard, and they reported no additional attackers.
- Investigators recovered suspected explosives as counter-terrorism teams took charge of the probe into the mass shooting.
- Benjamin Netanyahu publicly blamed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, citing an August letter warning that Australia’s policies, including recognition of a Palestinian state, were fueling antisemitism.
- Albanese condemned the attack, rejected Netanyahu’s accusation, called for national unity, and pledged a thorough investigation as Jewish community leaders pressed for faster adoption of an antisemitism action plan amid reports of record incidents in 2025.