Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarter's Rabbi Yehuda Krinsky says the Bondi Beach shooting reflects Australia's tolerance of escalating antisemitic violence.

More than two dozen others were injured in the attack, which police say they are treating as a terrorist incident.

At least 11 people were killed in a terror attack on Sunday targeting the Jewish community celebrating the first night of Hannukah at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach.

Days after Hamas attacked Israel in 2023, killing some 1,200 people and sparking the war in Gaza, an inverted red triangle was spray-painted on the front of a Jewish bakery in Sydney, the first of a string of antisemitic incidents in Australia.

Australian authorities pledged on Monday to review the country’s firearms laws and do more to combat antisemitism after gunmen killed 15 people in an attack on a Jewish festival in Sydney. Officials said on Monday that a father and son were behind Sunday’s assault at Bondi Beach. One of the gunmen was killed by police while the other is in custody.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ascribed the fatal mass shooting in Sydney to Australia’s call for a Palestinian state, saying he warned ahead of the attack that the move “pours fuel on antisemitic fire.

Local Chabad centers enhance safety measures after Australia mass shooting targeted Chanukah gathering, while community members express growing concerns about antisemitic violence.

The Bondi Beach attack is the latest and most deadly in a string of antisemitic incidents that have blighted Australia