At least twelve individuals have been killed in a gun assault on Bondi Beach, Australia, together with one in all at the least two suspected shooters. The police introduced this in a press convention on Sunday. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese spoke of an anti-Semitic “terror attack”.
The head of the Australian state of New South Wales, Chris Minns, stated on the press convention: “This attack was aimed at targeting the Jewish community of Sydney on the first day of Hanukkah.”
Footage from the seaside had beforehand proven a number of ambulances attending to the injured. Eyewitnesses reported that paramedics and bystanders offered them with medical care on the grass close to the seaside. Videos appeared on social media exhibiting two armed individuals wearing black firing pictures from a bridge.
The Jewish group in Australia reacted with horror on the alleged assault on their kinfolk. “Shooting at a Hanukkah event,” Australian Jewish Association wrote on X. “We warned so many times that this would happen.”
Many individuals fled the seaside in panic. They had been clearly in shock. An ABC journalist reported “very emotional scenes, people hugging each other.”
A resident had simply had dinner at a restaurant close to the seaside when she heard gunshots. “We thought it was fireworks, but it wasn’t – it was something much worse,” she instructed ABC. “People were running up the beach. There was panic,” stated the girl. “It’s chaos and we really don’t know what’s going on.” She assumes that the assault is now over. “It’s frightening,” stated the girl. According to journalists, the usually busy seaside was abandoned after the assault and suffering from private belongings left behind by panicking guests.
Israeli President Izchak Herzog stated: “At these very moments, our sisters and brothers in Sydney, Australia, were attacked by vile terrorists in an extremely cruel attack on Jews who had gathered to light the first Hanukkah candle on Bondi Beach.”
“Our hearts go out to them,” Herzog stated. “The heart of the entire nation of Israel skips a beat at this moment as we pray for the recovery of the injured, pray for them, and pray for those who have lost their lives.”
The President continued: “We continue to reiterate our warnings to the Australian Government to demand action and combat the enormous wave of anti-Semitism that is ravaging Australian society.”
Israel’s international minister criticizes Australian authorities
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar wrote on X: “I am appalled by the murderous shooting attack at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia.”
These are “consequences of the anti-Semitic riots on the streets of Australia over the past two years, which were driven by the anti-Semitic and seditious calls to ‘Globalize the Intifada’ that were implemented today,” stated Saar. The Intifada refers to 2 Palestinian uprisings towards the Israeli occupation, during which quite a few Israelis had been killed in terrorist assaults previously.
The Israeli Foreign Minister demanded: “The Australian government, which has received countless warning signals, must finally come to its senses!”
Chancellor Friedrich Merz described the assault as an “attack on our common values.” He additionally wrote on Platform
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