US EditionSydney Mourners Remember Slain Rabbi at Bondi Beach Funeral
Funerals begin for Bondi Beach shooting victims including a Holocaust survivor and a child; 22 wounded remain hospitalized, police link attackers to Islamist militancy.
- Funerals are taking place in Sydney for victims of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah shooting, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese did not disclose attendance, saying `I would attend anything that I'm invited to; these funerals that are taking place are to farewell people's loved ones`.
- Investigators say the attackers had travelled to the southern Philippines and Australian police said the attack appeared inspired by Islamic State, identifying father-and-son suspects.
- Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, remains hospitalized after disarming a shooter and was visited by leaders, while health authorities reported 22 patients receiving care and victims included Matilda, a Holocaust survivor, and a husband and wife.
- Political leaders reacted, noting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the shooting a targeted attack on Jewish Australians, while Opposition Jewish lawmaker Julian Leeser said the government failed to curb antisemitism during the Israel–Gaza war.
- Yisroel Goldstein said he will travel next week to Australia for a memorial service for Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was among more than 15 people killed while his niece is recuperating from a gunshot wound.
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After the attack on Bondi Beach, relatives say goodbye to one of the 15 victims. Rabbi Eli Zahner leaves five children, including one newborn.
Mourners gather to farewell first victim of Bondi Beach terror attack
Emotions ran high as family and loved ones bid farewell to the first confirmed victim of the Bondi Beach terror attack at a service less than a kilometre from the scene of the tragedy.Loving husband and father-of-five Rabbi Eli Schlanger was one of 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire at the Sydney beach.There was standing room only at Chabad of Bondi as mourners packed the synagogue and outside on the streets.LIVE UPDATES: Investigato…
Sadness and Impotence at the First Funeral of Bondi's Attack: "We Have Suffered Our Own October 7th"
There was no soul in the Chabad synagogue of Bondi during the first funeral of the 15 killed on Sunday. It was the farewell of Rabbi Eli Schlanger (41), father...
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