US EditionMore than $1.5 Million Raised for Bondi Beach Hero Who Tackled Gunman
More than $2 million raised by over 25,000 donors to support Ahmed Al Ahmed, who was shot multiple times while disarming a Bondi Beach terrorist during a Hanukkah celebration.
- High-Profile donations propelled the GoFundMe for Bondi hero Ahmed el Ahmed past $1.5 million, including a $99,999 t contribution from Bill Ackman.
- Crouching behind a car at Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, el Ahmed ran toward a gunman, wrestled him, disarmed him, and took four to five gunshot wounds.
- A 43-year-old Syrian-born fruit vendor, Ahmed el Ahmed, father of two, has received thousands of messages praising his courage and supporting his recovery on the GoFundMe page.
- On Sunday, Chris Minns, Premier of New South Wales, visited el Ahmed in hospital and posted a photo on X praising his bravery as he recovers.
- El Ahmed's intervention drew attention for its cross-community nature as a Muslim man stopping an attack at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration, while donors gave $18 as a 'chai' gesture wishing life and strength.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Brisbane TimesBondi hero going back into surgery
Bondi Beach attack hero Ahmed El Ahmed is due for another round of surgery today.
A fruit vendor beat one of the two attackers who shot Hanuka on Monday's beach and shot one of the attackers, considering the hero of many Australians and praised by foreign leaders, including Donald Trump, for his courage during an anti-Sydney attack. His name is Ahmed de Ahmed. A GoFundMe campaign launched in support of the 43-year-old man who was born in Bondi Beach has stayed close to $2 million Australians in just a few days, reports Busine…
The heroic gesture of Ahmed al-Ahmed, down from hate speech and political instrumentalization, recalls a too often forgotten truth: coexistence between Jews and Muslims is neither utopia nor naivety, but a reality borne every day by ordinary women and men.
Ahmed al-Ahmed became a hero to the whole world when he took the gun from the terrorist. But he didn't shoot. Now two police officers explain why.
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