Thousands of surfers and swimmers at Bondi Beach gathered for a mass paddle, forming a heart in the water, to pay tribute to the victims of the recent mass shooting at a Hanukkah event, which killed 15 people and injured dozens more.

Police reopened parts of Bondi Beach with thousands forming solidarity circle after mass shooting targeting Jewish community left 15 dead.

When shots ran out at a Hanukkah celebration on Australia's Bondi Beach, Arsen Ostrovsky said he thought it could've been balloons popping.

Ahmed, who received donations from 43,000 people, was wounded by apparent gunfire from the second perpetrator and is currently in hospital.

After gunmen fired on a crowd celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at Sydney's Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025, videos spread in social media posts falsely claiming they showed people in the United Kingdom and Pakistan celebrating the deadly attack.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the terror attack on Jewish people at Bondi Beach was "motivated by ISIS ideology."

Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in almost 30 years targeted Jewish families on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, one of the country’s most iconic locations, on one of the most festive days of the Jewish calendar.

Local media name the gunmen as Sajid Akram, 50, who died at the scene, and Naveed Akram, 24, who's in a critical condition. They reportedly had links to the Islamic State group.