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Two Sydney rabbis killed in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival shootings were remembered by hundreds of mourners in the Australian city on Wednesday as kind and curious men who would be dearly missed by their friends,
Australian officials said the shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration had been carried out by a father and son. More than three dozen people were hospitalized, including a surviving gunman.
Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Jewish celebration, which was held in a small park off the beach.
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.
The two men who killed 15 people on Sunday were driven by “Islamic State ideology,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told Australia’s public broadcaster.
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The deadly terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney comes amid a significant spike in antisemitic rhetoric and attacks in Australia.