Authorities in
Australia,
Canada and the
USA are investigating a coordinated antisemitic terrorist attack that combined a mass shooting at the "Chanukah by the Sea"
Hanukkah celebration on
Bondi Beach with a related campus assault at
Brown University, leaving dozens dead and wounded and devastating Jewish communities from Sydney to Providence. Political, religious and cultural leaders including
Anthony Albanese,
Chris Minns,
Donald Trump,
Benjamin Netanyahu,
Isaac Herzog and
Emmanuel Macron condemned the
Bondi Beach massacre as a calculated act of antisemitic evil, while praising unarmed heroes such as fruit seller
Ahmed al Ahmed, Bondi lifeguards and the bystander who disarmed one gunman for their lifesaving courage under fire. Investigators say more than 1,000 people had gathered for the first night of
Hanukkah when a father and son allegedly opened fire with rifles and left an improvised explosive device in their car, prompting New South Wales and North American officials such as
Mal Lanyon,
Mike Burgess,
Soraya Martinez Ferrada,
Fady Dagher,
Anthony Housefather and
Eric Adams to order sweeping security upgrades around synagogues, Jewish schools and campuses, launch counterterrorism raids linked to suspected extremists including
Naveed Akram and
Benjamin Erickson, and urge unity against a global surge in antisemitic and political violence.