AhlulBayt News Agency: A mass shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Australia’s largest city of Sydney leaves 12 people, including an assailant, dead and 18 others injured.
Police say two gunmen opened fire at a gathering celebrating the Jewish Hanukkah on Sunday, but did not specify who was behind the attack.
“Two people are in police custody at Bondi Beach; however, the police operation is ongoing and we continue to urge people to avoid the area,” New South Wales police said in a post on X.
In a statement, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the shooting as “shocking and distressing,” but said the government was working with NSW Police and would provide further updates.
The incident, one of the bloodiest against Australian Jews, has provoked a wave of harsh and unprecedented reactions from the Israeli regime, which itself is under fire over the ongoing genocide of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Minister of Diaspora Affairs, Amichai Shikli, attacked the Australian government, claiming the country had paved the way for such an attack by allowing anti-Israeli rallies and “anti-Semitism,” a pretext Israeli officials usually cite.
Another Israeli minister, Shlomo Karai, said in a similar tone that “Western governments’ inaction” towards anti-Israel demonstrations had led to the deaths of Jews in Australia.
However, analysts say public opinion in the West has dramatically shifted against the Israeli regime over the genocide in Gaza.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says the death toll in the besieged territory has surpassed 70,000 since October 2023.
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