Police and local media reports said the shooting began while some people were attending a Hanukkah party on the beach. At least 40 people were hospitalized.

Canberra said it had "credible intelligence" Iran likely directed others. The Australian debate is like a mirror of the American debate. Opposition figures had been warning for months that antisemitism was intensifying.

The Australia side watched the events unfurl while at the team hotel in Adelaide, where the third Ashes Test begins on Wednesday.

An investigation is underway after a deadly attack on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday.

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 a one of the most festive days of the Jewish calendar.

A day after the deadliest domestic terror attack in Australia’s history, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced criticism he didn’t do enough to combat rising attacks on the Jewish community nor swiftly enact recommendations from the nation’s antisemitism envoy released five months ago.

Sunday's terrorist attack on Jewish Australians in Sydney highlights the community's fears amid rising antisemitism and government inaction since Oct.7, 2023.

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

Jack Konnis makes and repairs bats from a small warehouse in Norwood, Adelaide, including the 2lb 11oz blade used by Australia's opener

The United Jewish Federation of Utah released a statement condemning the shooting at an Australian Chanukah event that left 16 people dead Sunday morning.