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Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack follows rise in antisemitism in Australia

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published December 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM EST

Police cars are seen parked at at the scene of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. (George Chan/Getty Images)

Officials say that father and son gunmen killed at least 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach in Australia.

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Marina Rosenberg, senior vice president for International Affairs at the Anti-Defamation League.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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