US EditionFuneral Takes Place for Rabbi Killed in Bondi Shooting
Funerals begin for Bondi Beach shooting victims including a Holocaust survivor and a child; 22 wounded remain hospitalized, police link attackers to Islamist militancy.
- Funerals are taking place in Sydney for victims of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah shooting, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese did not disclose attendance, saying `I would attend anything that I'm invited to; these funerals that are taking place are to farewell people's loved ones`.
- Investigators say the attackers had travelled to the southern Philippines and Australian police said the attack appeared inspired by Islamic State, identifying father-and-son suspects.
- Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, remains hospitalized after disarming a shooter and was visited by leaders, while health authorities reported 22 patients receiving care and victims included Matilda, a Holocaust survivor, and a husband and wife.
- Political leaders reacted, noting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the shooting a targeted attack on Jewish Australians, while Opposition Jewish lawmaker Julian Leeser said the government failed to curb antisemitism during the Israel–Gaza war.
- Yisroel Goldstein said he will travel next week to Australia for a memorial service for Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was among more than 15 people killed while his niece is recuperating from a gunshot wound.
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Brother of Bondi Shooting Victim Says Australian Government ‘Did Nothing’ to Help
SYDNEY — The brother of a man wounded in the Bondi Beach terrorist shooting accused the Australian government of abandoning victims and their families, saying he received no support after his brother was injured in the attack on a Jewish Hanukkah gathering. Mendel Super said his brother, Yanky Super, a volunteer with Hatzalah emergency services, […]
In the synagogue the funerals of Rabbi Eli Schlanger. Indicted for terrorism and 15 murders the surviving killer (ANSA)
Sydney Hanukkah Shooting: Rabbi, Child Filmed Before Bondi Beach Attack
Chilling footage released on Wednesday captured the final moments in the lives of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, 41, and 10-year-old Matilda, who were murdered in the shooting attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney. The video showed Rabbi Schlanger placing tefillin on a passerby, with Matilda standing nearby, just minutes before terrorists opened fire on those celebrating the first Hanukkah candle. Rabbi Yossi Friedman speaks to people gathering at a flower memo…
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