Deadliest Aussie Shooting Since ‘96 Reminds Everyone Guns Are Still Bad
KEY POINTS
- •Two gunmen opened fire at the Chanukah by the Sea event in Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday evening.
- •One suspect died on the scene, another was hospitalized, and 29 people including two police officers were treated at hospitals.
- •The attack killed at least 11 people, including Rabbi Eli Schlanger, and was condemned by Australian and international leaders as a targeted antisemitic act.
At 6:45pm on a sunny Sunday, around 1,000 folks gathered for Sydney’s 'Chanukah by the Sea' at iconic Bondi Beach hoping for candles, latkes and dreidel-spins — not a real-life action movie with two gunmen wearing black shirts firing from a bridge. The cops responded with a stylish one-kill-one-hospitalize routine; one shooter conveniently ended up critical while his mate joined the Grim Reaper’s side early. 29 people, including two shaken cops, got hospital rides instead of latkes. Hero of the night? A bystander turned combat wrestler who robbed a shooter of his weapon, earning New South Wales Premier Chris Minns' glowing ‘genuine hero’ badge. Among the dead was Rabbi Eli Schlanger, British-born assistant rabbi and event origination wizard, proving even faith leaders can’t catch a break. Prime Minister Albanese called it a ‘targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be a day of joy,’ which is architecturally sad since last crime this deadly was 1996’s Port Arthur massacre—the same event that birthed strict gun control laws so everyone was hoping Australia was done with this nightmare. Spoiler: no. With Australia reportedly having the highest Holocaust survivors per capita outside Israel, the attack stings more than a surprise latke left too long in the fryer.
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Australia's Bondi Beach tried celebrating Hanukkah, but two gunmen clearly RSVPed to spread hate instead. Nothing like turning a day of joy into the worst recorded Aussie shooting since ’96 to remind everyone some people peaked in villainy.
Bondi Beach thought it was hosting a holiday party, but two wardrobe-challenged gunmen had other plans—because nothing screams festive like a public massacre on day one of Hanukkah.
Congrats to the bystander who wrestled a gun away—finally a real-life superhero, because Australia’s only mass shooting since ’96 deserved more than police cruise control.
Source: Axios | Published: 12/14/2025 | Author: Andrew Pantazi
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