{"id":2521029,"date":"2025-12-14T09:23:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:23:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eleven-dead-after-gunmen-open-fire-on-jewish-event-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T09:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T14:23:37","slug":"eleven-dead-after-gunmen-open-fire-on-jewish-event-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eleven-dead-after-gunmen-open-fire-on-jewish-event-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Eleven dead after gunmen open fire on Jewish event in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feleven-dead-after-gunmen-open-fire-on-jewish-event-in-australia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521029&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On the first day of Hanukkah, during the &#8220;Chanukah by the Sea&#8221; event at Bondi Beach, Australia, two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish gathering, killing at least 11 people and one of the attackers. The incident occurred near a children&#8217;s playground during the lighting of a large menorah. New South Wales Police responded, with some officers injured and 27 people hospitalized. Police also <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >discovered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-whitmer-plot-suspects-now-face-weapon-of-mass-destruction-charges\/\" title=\"Three Whitmer Plot Suspects Now Face Weapon Of Mass Destruction Charges\">improvised explosive devices<\/a><\/a> in the area. A bystander bravely subdued one of the gunmen by tackling him and disarming his weapon.Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the attack a terrorist incident specifically targeting Jewish Australians.authorities are investigating how the attackers obtained their firearms, as Australia requires gun owners to provide justifications before registering weapons.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Eleven dead after gunmen open fire on Jewish event in Australia<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2442045\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Two gunmen <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mass-shootings\/\">opened fire<\/a> at a Jewish event in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/australia\/\">Bondi Beach, Australia<\/a>, on Sunday, the first day of Hanukkah, killing at least 11 people and also resulting in the death of one gunman.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of gunfire came in around 6:47 p.m. Australian Eastern Daylight Time at the Chabad of Bondi&rsquo;s annual &ldquo;Chanukah by the Sea&rdquo; event on the public beach near a children&rsquo;s playground. The event included the lighting of a grand menorah to mark the start of the eight-day Jewish holiday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3917038\/israel-kills-top-hamas-commander\/\">Israel kills top Hamas commander hours after terrorists attacked Israeli soldiers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3917012\/belarus-frees-political-prisoners-including-us-citizen-trump-lift-sanctions\/\">Belarus frees over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/belarus-frees-over-100-political-prisoners-after-trump-lifts-sanctions\/\" title=\"Belarus frees over 100 political prisoners after Trump lifts sanctions\">100 political prisoners including<\/a> US citizen after Trump begins lifting sanctions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3916982\/two-us-soldiers-killed-by-gunman-in-syria-others-wounded\/\">Two US soldiers killed by ISIS gunman in Syria, others wounded<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>New South Wales Police officers responded to the gunfire, and at least two officers were injured during the incident. Another 27 people were hospitalized, plus one gunman who is in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.police.nsw.gov.au\/news\/news_article?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHBzJTNBJTJGJTJGZWJpenByZC5wb2xpY2UubnN3Lmdvdi5hdSUyRm1lZGlhJTJGMTIyNDY3Lmh0bWwmYWxsPTE%3D\">Police reportedly found<\/a> &ldquo;a number of suspicious items located in the vicinity&rdquo; that were later revealed to be improvised explosive devices. While police are urging the public to avoid the area, &ldquo;there have been NO reports of any other incidents in Sydney connected to this incident,&rdquo; according to the New South Wales police department.<\/p>\n<p>One bystander was captured on video disarming one of the gunmen. The bystander tackled the gunman from behind as he was aiming to fire. As he fell down, he dropped his weapon, which appeared to be a rifle, and the bystander grabbed the gun and aimed it at the gunman.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Australian Mass Shooting<\/p>\n<p>At least 12 are dead &amp; 29 injured after Naveed Akram &mdash; a radical Islamic terrorist &mdash; opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration.<\/p>\n<p>Don&rsquo;t let the media whitewash this:<\/p>\n<p>This is terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>This is radical Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Stop allowing migrants from countries that hate&hellip; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/te7TxeruHE\">pic.twitter.com\/te7TxeruHE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottPresler\/status\/2000186610386645405?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese referred to the mass shooting as a &ldquo;terrorist incident&rdquo; and a &ldquo;targeted attack against Jewish Australians.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My statement on the Bondi shooting attack. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LRAbMpcUEm\">pic.twitter.com\/LRAbMpcUEm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlboMP\/status\/2000181940398563492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In Australia, residents aspiring to become gun owners must provide a reason before registering a firearm. NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said in a press conference that officers are unaware of how the gunman acquired the weapons or where they came from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>11 killed as gunmen attack Jewish event in Bondi Beach, Australia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2521030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348334327557.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[8960,34991,44276,32747,4300],"class_list":["post-2521029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-australia","tag-gun-violence","tag-jewish-community","tag-mass-shooting","tag-shooting"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25348334327557.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2521029"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521033,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521029\/revisions\/2521033"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2521030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}