Sunday, December 14, 2025

12/14 Links: The Bondi barbarians; The night Australia died; Father-and-son terrorists gunned down Jewish Australians at Bondi beach, young girl among 16 dead

From Ian:

The Bondi barbarians
Australia, like so many other Western nations, has become a cauldron of anti-Semitism since Hamas’s genocidal rampage into Israel on 7 October 2023. The most lethal assault on Jews since the Holocaust sparked not solidarity, but hate marches and a spike in anti-Semitic violence. Melbourne’s Adass Israel synagogue was hit by an arson attack last December. A kosher deli in Bondi was set ablaze in October.

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese has pointed the finger at Iran for waging this prior campaign of attacks, via a ‘layer cake’ of intermediaries. We wait to learn who was behind the barbarism in Bondi today, and what sick ideology they gunned people down in the name of. Although I dare say we know enough to hazard a guess.

But in Australia, as in Britain, the surge in anti-Semitism cannot be explained away as nefarious actors stirring hatred from afar. The new Jew hatred, expressed through a maniacal hatred of Israel, has exploded under Albanese’s watch – all but encouraged by his (and Starmer’s) decision to ‘recognise’ Palestine, effectively rewarding the 7 October pogromists for their efforts.

Thus, places Jews once fled to no longer feel so safe. The Adass Israel synagogue, torched last year, was built by Holocaust survivors. Arsen Ostrovsky, a human-rights lawyer who survived the 7 October attacks, moved to Australia two weeks ago to fight anti-Semitism in the country. He was injured at Bondi. ‘I never thought I would see this in Australia’, he told Channel 9, his bandaged face smeared with blood. No wonder so many Jews are moving to Israel.

If Jews aren’t safe in Bondi or Manchester, if they cannot attend a Hanukkah celebration or synagogue on Yom Kippur without their mind beginning to turn to the worst, then we can no longer claim to be enlightened nations. Leaders have looked the other way as a sulphurous Jew hatred has bubbled up from below, welcomed in through porous borders, fomented by multiculturalism, propagandised in the streets by Islamists, and enthusiastically embraced by woke useful idiots.

The Bondi pogrom showed us the worst of humanity – barbarians who hate Jews, hate freedom, hate life. But it also showed us the best. The woman who took a bullet for a three-year-old girl she didn’t even know. There’s the mighty Ahmed al Ahmed, the fruitshop owner who snuck up on and disarmed one of the killers. He saved countless lives, before taking two bullets himself. Beautiful, incredible heroism. Sadly, we’re going to need a lot more of it if we are to defeat this evil in our midst.
Brendan O'Neill: Like the heroes of Bondi, we should all be tackling anti-Semites
We live in a ‘walk-on-by’ society. Ours is an era in which the active citizen has been ruthlessly decommissioned by the deathless technocrats who rule over us. They don’t even trust us to raise our kids properly, far less overpower the armed haters of humanity. The end result is that too many people look the other way when tyranny strikes – or worse, stand and film it. One thinks of the crowd that gathered round the Islamist killers of Lee Rigby, faithfully filming their deranged ranting. How much better for humanity it would have been if the crowd had forcefully subdued those hysterics and taken their cleavers.

Bravery finds a way, though. The human instinct to help is not so easily crushed. One thinks of the men who hurled beer glasses and chairs at the three radical Islamists who went on a stabbing spree in London Bridge in 2017. Or Ignacio Echeverría, the Spanish national who used his skateboard to beat one of those London Bridge terrorists (sadly, he was subsequently killed). And now Ahmed al Ahmed, the fortysomething conqueror of a modern-day Nazi.

‘Don’t be a have-a-go hero’, we’re so often told. It’s advice we should resolutely ignore. Having a go is precisely what more of us should be doing. And not only in the heat of an all-out act of Jewphobic barbarism, but in everyday life, too. After all, the violent loathing that shook Sydney today did not emerge in a vacuum. This neo-fascist animus for the Jewish homeland and the Jewish people has been stewing for years. If more of us had ‘had a go’ earlier, perhaps we could have seen off, or at least tamed, this gravest menace in Western society.

Don’t wait until it turns violent. ‘Have a go’ now. If you see someone carrying a placard calling Jews Nazis, get in their face. If you see a keffiyeh mob outside a synagogue, confront them. If you see a frothing Islamist or leftist harassing a Jew in public, put yourself between the scumbag and his victim. Don’t run, hide and tell – stand, fight and tell them to fuck off. Enough is enough. Get out there.
Jeremy Leibler: Bondi Beach Hanukkah shooting is an attack on Australia itself
While the Jewish community gathered in Sydney to mark the first night of Hanukkah, our community was subjected to a horrific act of violence.

This is a day of profound grief. Members of our community have been murdered. Others have been seriously wounded. Families are shattered. A sacred moment of light has been turned into darkness.

We are working urgently with authorities as further details are confirmed. Our focus right now is on the victims, their families, and the safety of the community.

An attack on Australia
Let me be clear. An attack on Jews celebrating their faith is an attack on Australia itself. It is an assault on our values, our social cohesion, and the basic right of people to gather without fear.

This did not occur in a vacuum. For years, antisemitic incitement, vilification, and intimidation have been allowed to grow unchecked. When hatred is normalized, violence follows. Tonight, that warning has become reality.

We mourn those who have lost their lives. We pray for the wounded and for the families waiting in anguish. And we stand united, determined that terror and hatred will not drive Jews from public life in this country.

Australia must respond with moral clarity, decisive leadership, and action. Anything less would be a betrayal of those we lost tonight.

The writer is the president of the Zionist Federation of Australia.
Bondi Beach Hanukkah shooting has shattered Australia's illusion of immunity
The shock from this latest attack has reverberated not only through the Jewish community but across Australian society at large. For years, there was a comforting illusion that Australia was immune to antisemitism. Even now, it remains difficult for the general public – and especially for government leaders – to internalize that this reality has fundamentally changed. In recent months, despite the sharp rise in antisemitic incidents and violence against Jews, the Jewish community has repeatedly been reassured by authorities: “Everything will be fine. You are safe and protected.” And yet, here we are – facing a terror attack of a kind Australia has never seen before, carried out brazenly and without fear.

Lately, many people ask me, "What changed?" How did we get here?

How we got here: What changed with antisemitism in Australia?
For decades, Israel enjoyed broad bipartisan support from Australian governments, support that also extended a protective umbrella over the Jewish community. But in recent elections, a shift occurred. The current government adopted a seemingly “balanced” approach – placing Israel and the Palestinians on the same moral plane and drawing an artificial distinction between Judaism and Zionism. This is not an anti-Jewish government. But the rhetorical and policy shift created a dangerous vacuum – one quickly filled by extremist voices who suddenly felt legitimized to act openly.

Antisemitism in Australia – and globally – is now at levels not seen since before the Holocaust. The Australian government must recognize this reality and respond decisively. If it does not, we will, tragically, face more attacks like the one in Sydney.

Australian leaders must move from words to action. They must fight antisemitism proactively – not merely attempt, and fail, to reactively protect Jewish communities after the damage is done. This fight must take every form necessary: education, legislation, enforcement, public diplomacy, and clear moral leadership. This is the moment for real, courageous action. Without it, Jews will no longer be able to live in safety – not in Australia, and not anywhere that continues to deny the gravity of this threat.


Major hospital update: 16 people are dead with at least seven more victims fighting for their lives in critical condition
The death toll of the horrific Bondi terror attack has risen to at least 16 people, including a 10-year-old schoolgirl, with fears the number of victims will continue to grow.

NSW Health has released a sobering update, revealing at least seven people are fighting for their lives in hospital, in addition to the 15 victims who were gunned down in the Bondi terror attack, which has become one of the darkest days in Australian history.

The grim figures paint a picture of authorities’ worst fears amid concerns the death toll will continue to rise.

A NSW Health spokesperson confirmed on Monday that two people, including a 10-year-old school girl, had died.

“Forty two patients were transported or presented to several Sydney hospitals to receive care for their injuries,” a spokesperson said in a statement about 8am.

“Tragically, two of these patients have since passed away.”

One of those patients died at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital while a child died at Sydney Children’s Hospital in Randwick.

The spokesperson said NSW Health extended its deepest sympathies to the families, friends and loved ones of those who died and were injured at Bondi Beach.

As of 8am, at least seven people were in a critical condition in hospital, while four remained in a critical, but stable condition.

Police reveal the killers are related
Father-and-son terrorists opened fire at a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach, killing at least 15 innocent people, with several more fighting for their lives in hospital.

The terrorist father was killed during the attack, bringing the death toll to 16.

The two men, dressed in black and carrying firearms, opened fire at families attending the Jewish Hanukkah festival. Two explosive devices were found on the scene.

'Colossal failing' of government: Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin reflects on 'devastating' Bondi massacre
Executive Council of Australian Jewry Co-CEO Alex Ryvchin has labelled the attack a "colossal failing" by the Albanese government to address antisemitism in the community.

Mr Ryvchin said some of his dearest friends were killed in the attack and stated Jewish Australians are "not safe".

"If Jews get slaughtered on Bondi Beach and body bags are piled up at this place – we're not safe," Mr Ryvchin said.

"Our country is no longer a safe place."
Jake Wallis Simons: The Bondi beach attack on Australian Jews was grimly inevitable
There was an air of inevitability about it. Nobody knows when or where the next anti-Semitic outrage will emerge, but with every fake post about Israel killing babies, with every biased BBC report whipping up the animus of viewers, with every chant of “globalise the intifada” on university campuses, death comes one step closer.

Now, it would appear it has come to Bondi Beach. That Australian paradise is always packed with partygoers, joggers, picnickers and the elderly, enjoying the sea and the summer sun. In the last few hours, it was the location of a family Chanukah party that reportedly attracted about 2,000 people. And a mass shooting.

So far, at least 12 were murdered and 29 injured, including my brave friend Arsen Ostrovsky, who had survived October 7. In an interview just after the attack, his wounds bandaged and blood all over his face, he said: “We’ve lived through worse. We’re going to live through this and we’re going to get the b------s who did this.”

Details have yet to emerge about the perpetrators. One of them, Naveed Akram, 24, apparently a resident of a Sydney suburb where 60 per cent of the population were born outside Australia, was reportedly killed by police, while the other is in custody. Given that the death toll has already surpassed the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh in 2018, this may seem a strange point to make, but it could have been worse: police safely detonated an explosive device found in a vehicle believed to belong to the gunmen.

Even more impressive were reports of a woman, named only as Jess, taking a bullet for a nearby three-year-old girl, and that video of a man, Ahmed Al-Ahmed, 43, disarming one of the killers. His Muslim name struck an important note of hope and was a rebuke to bigots everywhere. His courage, together with Arsen’s defiance, saved countless lives and summed up the old spirit of the West. It has almost vanished from today’s indolent society, yet lives on in remarkable people – remember Roy Larner, the Lion of Millwall? – and flourishes astonishingly in Israeli culture, where bravery is the norm, not the exception.

From the sublime to the depraved. Almost on a par with the evil of the attacks themselves was the response to it on social media. It would seem that to a certain kind of mind, a Jewish family event presents the perfect target.

Indeed, these killings have been a long time coming. The director of an Australian Jewish group said that he had been warning the government about growing anti-Semitism for years; in July, the Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne was firebombed and only yesterday, a rabbi and his children in the same town were told to “go to the gas chambers” by a woman on a train.

Should this come as any surprise? When countless social media accounts, mainstream media channels and Islamic preachers have expended mind-boggling quantities of energy and resources falsely convincing audiences that Israelis are wanton baby-killers, and that every Jew is “complicit”, revenge against families is the obvious move.

One thinks of Jihad Al-Shamie, the Manchester synagogue attacker; as he embarked on his rampage, he reportedly yelled, “this is what they get for killing our children.” There is a reason why Hamas, which has always been fighting to win the propaganda war rather than the shooting one, has done all it can to persuade the world that most Palestinian casualties are “women and children”, that what we have been witnessing was not a war but a “genocide” targeting the innocent.

Politicians are also complicit. Anthony Albanese, the Australian leader, denounced the attack as “an act of evil anti-Semitism”. Be grateful for small mercies, I suppose, but his administration has recognised a State of Palestine, rewarding just the sort of people who carried out the killings.

The same applies to Sir Keir Starmer, who described the atrocities as “sickening”. Given that Hamas openly congratulated him on his recognition of a Palestinian state in September, which was offered without even demanding the release of the hostages, one would be forgiven for finding his words rather hollow.
Rowan Dean: The night Australia died
Many people now have blood on their hands.

I include among them, in my opinion, the Foreign Minister of Australia, Penny Wong, for repeatedly inflaming anti-Israel sentiments on the national and international stage and giving comfort to the pro-Palestinian cause; the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, for his absolute craven cowardice and constant pandering to the Islamic community and refusal to implement the antisemitism measures that have repeatedly been demanded; the Immigration Minister Tony Burke for flooding this country with people from communities around the world, including Gaza, where Jew hatred flows through their veins.

I also include among those who have blood on their hands every single person who has participated in a pro-Palestinian march, every university campus, every politician who marched over the Sydney Harbour Bridge in lockstep with Islamist fanatics, every single media commentator who has echoed some kind of sympathy for the Islamist, pro-Palestinian cause; every antisemite who has muttered under their breath obscenities about ‘the Jews’.

You all disgust me. You all brought this on despite all the warnings we repeatedly gave you for the last two years. You have destroyed this nation.

Australia must now have a serious conversation about deporting Islamist lunatics and must immediately tighten our immigration policies to ensure that this can never happen again.

Australia died tonight. Can it ever be the same again?
Alex Hearn: Toxic antisemitism is on march – and sick massacres like Bondi Beach are the result
Jews are now increasingly being forced to protect themselves. Last week Palestine Solidarity Campaign protesters targeted Miznon restaurant in Notting Hill. Their crime? The owner's business partner once worked for an aid organisation. Counter-protesters moved them from the doorstep while police again failed to maintain order.

Months earlier in Australia, masked extremists ransacked another Miznon branch, attacking customers while chanting “death”. The same slogan is heard globally, inspired by band Bob Vylan's anti-Jewish rant at Glastonbury that was broadcast live on the BBC. In November last year, Jewish football fans were ‘hunted’ through the streets of Amsterdam.

Yet so often, the media provides cover for hate. After the Manchester synagogue attack, in which two innocent worshippers died, documentarian Louis Theroux gave Bob Vylan a platform, laundering his calls for “armed resistance” to be presented as non-violent protest. Theroux himself then scapegoated “Jewish identity” as a role model for white supremacists like Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump.

Last week rock band Primal Scream used their London concert to associate the symbol of Jewishness with Nazism – in images depicting a Star of David being merged with a swastika – an unambiguously racist conflation. Some music reviews praised this as virtuous. Meanwhile, Jewish bands like Oi Va Voi are excluded by venues caving in to pro-Gaza activist pressure.

Incitement has been carefully cultivated. On university campuses and at street rallies, activists chant “globalise the intifada”, an Islamist call for violent uprising. On Saturday in Birmingham, marchers led with a huge banner demanding “one solution” of “intifada revolution”.

They got their wish – violence against Jews has been globalised. The “One Solution” for Jews is being rolled out across the western world before our eyes. The Nazi Final Solution: repackaged and reintroduced to the west through Islamist slogans, Palestine flags and modish keffiyehs. Like it or not, there is a link between these marches, whether overtly or covertly antisemitic, and the horrifying scenes we saw in Manchester in October, in Amsterdam in November last year, and yesterday in Australia.

Once again, we awoke to the horror of families gunned down for being Jewish. An industry of hate is feeding off Jews, working to snuff out Jewish life. History is repeating itself while our institutions provide cover. Our police stand down. And British Jews are abandoned.


Herzog condemns ‘cruel’ shooting attack by ‘vile terrorists’ targeting Sydney Jewish community
President Isaac Herzog condemns the “cruel” shooting attack on a group of Jews at Sydney’s Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah celebration event, calling on Canberra to fight against “the enormous wave of antisemitism” that he says “is plaguing Australian society.”

“Our sisters and brothers in Sydney, Australia, have been attacked by vile terrorists in a very cruel attack on Jews who went to light the first candle of Hanukkah,” Herzog says, speaking at an event at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem.

“We repeat our alerts time and again to the Australian government to seek action and fight against the enormous wave of antisemitism which is plaguing Australian society,” he adds.

“Our hearts go out to them…we pray for the recovery of the wounded, we pray for them, and we pray for those who lost their lives,” he says.

Reports say the attack was at a Chabad event for families, and there are multiple casualties.


President Donald Trump speaks on Bondi shooting
US President Donald Trump spoke at the White House on the Bondi massacre prior to planned Christmas remarks.

“There was a terrible attack,” President Trump said.

“It was an antisemitic attack, obviously.

“I just want to pay my respects to everybody.

“That was a purely antisemitic attack.”


Police confirm two arrested in Bondi Beach shooting
New South Wales Police confirm two people are now in custody and urge civilians to avoid the Bondi Beach area.


Israel’s President reacts to Bondi Beach terrorist attack during Hanukkah
Israel’s President Isaac Herzog delivers a speech on the Bondi Beach massacre and calls on the Australian government to act faster on the rising antisemitism crisis.


‘See my hands’: Man tries to resuscitate Bondi Beach shooting victims
Sky News host Sharri Markson speaks with two people who were at Bondi Beach at the time of the shooting.


World leaders react to deadly Chanukah attack in Sydney
Amichai Chikli, Israel’s minister for Diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism, reposted criticism to the same effect. Albanese, the leader of the Australian Labor Party and a critic of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza, had written initially: “The scenes in Bondi are shocking and distressing. Police and emergency responders are on the ground working to save lives. My thoughts are with every person affected.” He added details about his office’s liaison with the police.

Sa’ar also criticized Starmer’s laconic reaction to the massacre, who had written: “Deeply distressing news from Australia. The United Kingdom sends our thoughts and condolences to everyone affected by the appalling attack in Bondi Beach. I’m being kept updated on the developing situation.” Sa’ar replied: “Distinguished PM, the terror attack targeted Jews.”

Roberta Metsola, the president of the European Parliament, wrote in a statement: “Absolutely horrified to see the images emerging of the appalling attack on so many people on Bondi Beach as Hannukkah celebrations began in Sydney. All my thoughts are with the victims and the wider Jewish community in Australia and beyond. This light will not be extinguished.”

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon published a statement similar to that of his Australian counterpart, writing, “I am shocked by the distressing scenes at Bondi, a place that Kiwis visit every day. My thoughts, and the thoughts of all New Zealanders, are with those affected.”

He mentioned how New Zealanders and Australians are “family,” but did not mention Jews.

Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott wrote on X: “The events at Bondi Beach are an absolute atrocity. A horror for the victims and a massive escalation of the hatred directed at Australia’s Jewish community. There should be no place in Australia for the kind of evil we’ve seen this evening.”

French President Emmanuel Macron acknowledged in a statement about the attack that it was “an antisemitic terrorist attack” at a Chanukah celebration. “France extends its thoughts to the victims, the injured and their loved ones. We share the pain of the Australian people and will continue to fight relentlessly against antisemitic hatred, which hurts us all, wherever it strikes,” he wrote.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote that he “strongly condemns the ghastly terrorist attack” on “people celebrating the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah.”

On behalf of the people of India, Modi added, “I extend my sincere condolences to the families who lost their loved ones. We stand in solidarity with the people of Australia in this hour of grief. India has zero tolerance towards terrorism and supports the fight against all forms and manifestations of terrorism.”

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin said he was “shocked and appalled by the gun attack targeting Sydney’s Jewish community.” Antisemitism, he added, “has been one of the most consistent and pernicious prejudices throughout history, providing the foundation for murderous outrages in many eras and many places.”

Alan Shatter, a former justice minister of Ireland, who is Jewish, accused the Irish government under Martin of fueling the kind of hate that led to the Bondi Beach attack.

“Like the Australian government, the Irish government’s unbalanced toxic rhetoric and conduct relating to the Israel/Gaza war has contributed to escalating antisemitism in Ireland,” Shatter wrote in a statement. Ireland has accused Israel of perpetrating genocide in Gaza.
United Hatzalah deploys crisis response team to Australia
United Hatzalah announced that it will send a team of its medics to Sydney, Australia, on Sunday to assist local authorities following the terrorist attack targeting a Chanukah gathering in the Bondi Beach area that claimed 11 lives.

The delegation will be led by senior members of United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit and will provide support to the Jewish community and the wider public affected by the attack.

The team will include experts in multiple disciplines and with extensive experience responding to terrorist incidents and large-scale disasters.

United Hatzalah, Israel’s largest volunteer emergency medical service, said on Sunday it stands “united with the Australian Jewish community and the families of those killed or injured in today’s attack.”

“Our mission has always been to save lives in Israel, but when called upon to help others around the world, our volunteers have always responded,” said United Hatzalah President and founder Eli Beer.

“When tragedy strikes, borders do not separate us. We are preparing to send our experts to Sydney to help the Jewish community and to support the local authorities in the aftermath of this terror attack,” he said.
Family of British victim of Sydney terror attack urges Jews to ‘spread more light’ in his memory
Relatives of a London-born rabbi among 11 killed when gunmen targeted Sydney’s Jewish community on the first day of Chanukah have paid tribute to him by urging people to “spread more light” in his name.

Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a 41-year-old father of five, was killed when two men opened fire on a crowd at a ‘Chanukah by the Sea’ celebration in the Archer Park area of Bondi Beach at 6.47pm local time on Sunday, the first night of Chanukah.

Speaking to Jewish News, Rabbi Schlanger’s first cousin, Brighton-based Rabbi Zalman Lewis, described the moment he realised his relative was among the dead.

“I left shul this morning and saw messages from my wife and sister on the family WhatsApp group. They recognised one of the names people were being asked to pray for. It quickly became clear what had happened. We are just beginning to process this. It makes no sense at all. How can a joyful rabbi who went to a beach to spread happiness and light, to make the world a better place, have his life ended in this way? We can only respond by doing what Eli would have wanted, what he dedicated his life to – doing more mitzvot (good deeds) and to keep spreading positive energy. To keep generating light. To keep focusing on goodness and hope, in every interaction every day. Let’s flood the world with goodness. Because as Jews, we know, as difficult as it might seem, that light and good will always win.”

Rabbi Lewis described Rabbi Schlanger, who grew up in Temple Fortune, north London and whose grandparents were members of Kinloss synagogue in Finchley, as “vivacious, optimistic and full of energy and life”.

He added: “Eli loved helping people, encouraging people to do mitzvot. He was so bubbly, almost eccentrically so.”

Rabbi Schlanger and his wife Chayala welcomed their youngest child, a baby boy, two months ago. His great-uncle, the late Reverend Leslie Olsberg, served as rabbi at Heaton Park Synagogue in Manchester, where two congregants were murdered in a terror attack during Yom Kippur in October.


Hero husband Alex died saving his wife of five decades, Larisa - as she relives the horrific moment he was fatally gunned down in front of her: 'He tried to protect me'
Grandmother Larisa Kleytman was with her husband when he was shot dead while trying to protect her during the Bondi Beach massacre.

Two gunmen armed with a rifle and a shotgun opened fire near Bondi Pavilion, in Sydney's eastern suburbs, where a Jewish festival and children's party were taking place on Sunday afternoon.

Married for five decades, Mrs Kleytman and husband, Alex, came from Matraville to celebrate Hanukkah.

'I think he was shot because he raised himself up to protect me, in the back of the head,' she said.

Mrs Kleytman and her husband came to Australia from Ukraine and have two children and 11 grandchildren.


Restricted Video Additional aerial footage showing the elimination of one of the Bondi Beach terrorist.



Traumatised witnesses reveal how CIVILIANS had to step in for 'underprepared' POLICE during Bondi Beach terror attack that left TWELVE dead - as timeline of massacre emerges
How the attack unfolded
Two gunman arrived at Campbell Parade on the edge of Bondi Beach and exited their vehicle. A black ISIS-style flag was seen draped over the hood of the car.

Video footage showed them making their way to a pedestrian footbridge and opening fire towards a grassy area known as Archer Park.


A community festival celebrating Hanukkah was being held in that vicinity. The Chanukah by the Sea event was a family-focused gathering to celebrate the first day of the eight day Jewish Festival of Lights.

Witnesses reported hearing loud bangs and seeing people injured and bleeding.

People then began to realise what was happening and tried to get out of the area, leading to a rush of people cascading off the beach.

6:47pm Dozens of police cars and ambulances headed to Bondi Beach following reports of a mass shooting.

Mobile phones began to light up as people checked on their family and friends at Bondi Beach.

Worried posts appeared on the popular Bondi Local Loop Facebook group asking what was happening at Bondi.

7.05pm: NSW Police issued an urgent warning for people in Bondi to take shelter. All other members of the public were told to stay away from the area.

Gunman disarmed and taken down
About 7.20pm: One of the gunman moved off the footbridge and along a cement sidewalk that runs between the car park and Archer Park where the festival was being held.

He was rushed by a member of the public who crouched behind a car to sneak up on the gunman before grabbing his weapon and turning it back on him. The civilian has since been widely hailed as a hero. A second bystander was believed to have assisted him.

After the attacker has been disarmed, police swooped. The two gunmen were shot. One would later be confirmed dead, and the other hospitalised.

7.30pm: Footage showed two men lying on their stomachs on the footbridge and not moving as they were handcuffed by police. Bystanders could be seen screaming at them.

7:43pm: NSW Police confirmed two people have been apprehended.

8:35pm: NSW Ambulance said 16 patients were in hospital.

8.45pm: NSW Police confirmed 10 people had died, including one of the shooters. The other shooter is hospitalised in a critical condition. This number is later updated to 12.

9pm: NSW Police established an exclusion zone around the scene. It confirmed that officers were investigating several suspicious items.

These were later confirmed as improvised explosive devices (IEDs) located in the shooters' car. A massive police presence remained in the area with officers going from vehicle to vehicle in the car park searching for more devices and a potential third gunman.
Brave moment hero creeps up behind Bondi Beach gunman and wrestles the weapon away from him
Extraordinary video has emerged from the Bondi Beach terror attack showing a hero creeping up behind one of the gunmen and successfully wrestling his rifle off him.

Twelve people are dead after two gunmen opened fire at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening where a Jewish Hannukah celebration was underway.

Video obtained by the Daily Mail shows a heroic man creeping up behind one of the gunmen via the carpark at the north end of the beach, and then wrestling him to the ground.

The hero then waves a rifle in the man's face.

The gunman then walks away and the hero drops the rifle.
If there is a Jewish Nobel for saving Jews, Ahmed al-Ahmed just won it
The footage is hard to watch, and impossible to forget.

On the eve of Hanukkah’s first night, as families gathered on Bondi Beach to celebrate the Festival of Lights, gunfire tore through the crowd. Then, in the middle of chaos, one man did the unthinkable. Identified by Australian and international media as Ahmed al-Ahmed, a 43-year-old Sydney fruit shop owner and father of two, he moved toward the attacker, wrapped him from behind, wrestled away the long gun, and forced the shooter to retreat. He was shot and hospitalized, but his split-second decision is widely credited with preventing even greater carnage.

There is something profoundly Hanukkah about that moment.

Not because Ahmed is Jewish (as far as the reporting shows, he is not), and not because heroism belongs to any one people or faith. It is Hanukkah because Hanukkah is the insistence that light is not a metaphor. It is a responsibility. A candle does not negotiate with darkness. It pushes back, stubbornly, flame-first.

In Jewish history, the phrase “Righteous Among the Nations” is reserved for non-Jews who risked everything to save Jews during the Holocaust, recognized by Yad Vashem under a framework established by Israeli law. The names are etched into the Jewish conscience: Oskar Schindler, who used his factory to save Jews marked for death, and Raoul Wallenberg, who helped rescue Jews in Budapest with Swedish protective papers. Chiune Sugihara, a Japanese diplomat who issued visas that became lifelines. Irena Sendler, a Polish social worker who helped smuggle Jewish children out of the Warsaw Ghetto. The Ulma family in Poland, murdered for hiding Jews.

These stories are not only about the Holocaust, but they are also about moral clarity under pressure, the choice to see a fellow human being and refuse to look away.

Ahmed al-Ahmed belongs among the Righteous Among the Nations
Ahmed al-Ahmed belongs in that moral family tree.

The setting is different. The century is different. The weaponry is different. But the basic equation is hauntingly familiar: Jews gather publicly as Jews, and someone decides that visibility is a crime punishable by death. That is not politics. That is not “tension.” That is hatred with a body count. Australian authorities have treated this Bondi Beach massacre as a terror attack targeting a Jewish Hanukkah gathering.

So what does the Jewish world do when a non-Jew quite literally runs into the line of fire to save Jewish lives?
Incredible footage shows hero tackling gunman at Bondi beach shooting | 7NEWS
Video from Bondi Beach shows a man tackling one of the gunmen and wrestling his shotgun away.

The bystander can be seen crouching behind a car before rushing the gunman and fighting over his high-powered rifle.

The man then holds and points the gun at the shooter before he runs away.

He then tentatively places it against a tree before another bystander grabs something to throw at the gunman as he runs away.


Hero suffers two gunshot wounds in Bondi beach shooting | 7NEWS
A relative of the hero who risked his life to grab the weapon off one of the gunman has spoken, revealing he was shot twice.

Speaking outside hospital to 7NEWS, Mustafa revealed it was his cousin, 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed who likely saved countless lives when he wrestled with the gunman.


Bondi beach terror attack victim, still drenched in his own blood and swathed in bandages, reveals the horror of how the merciless shooting unfolded
A bloodied and bandaged man who lived through October 7 has said he never thought he'd see the same terror come to Australia - after surviving by a 'miracle' when two men opened fire on Bondi beach.

Arsen Ostrovsky, an international human rights lawyer, was out with his family alongside hundreds of other people when 15 festivalgoers were killed and dozens more injured.

He has now told of his narrow survival after also living through the horrors of Hamas's massacre at the Nova music festival in Israel.

Mr Ostrovsky said: 'I lived through October 7th. Never imagined I'd see this horror in Australia.

'Bullet grazed my head. Doctors said it was a miracle I survived, but I will make a recovery.'

The former Israeli citizen said tonight would mark the '1st of Chanukah'.

He added: 'The forces of darkness and hate will never triumph. We will prevail. Am Yisrael Chai.'

Earlier, he told 9News: 'Children, kids at a festival, playing and then all of a sudden it's absolute chaos. There's gunfire, everywhere, people ducking, it was absolute chaos.

'We didn't know what was happening, where the gunfire was coming from.'

Mr Ostrovsky said he had lived in Israel for 13 years and survived the October 7, 2023 attacks.

'We've lived through worse, we're gonna get through this, and we're going to get the bastards who did this,' he said.

'I saw at least one gunman … firing randomly and in all directions.

'I saw children fall to the floor, I saw elderly, I saw invalids, it was an absolute bloodbath.

'October 7, that's the last time I saw this. I never thought I'd see this in Australia, not in my lifetime, on Bondi Beach of all places, this iconic place.'
Arsen Ostrovsky: Bondi terror survivor speaks in powerful interview | 9 News Australia
A Bondi terror witness speaks on the scenes and experience of the Bondi terror attack. The man, visibly injured, had just returned to Australia from Israel, and was a survivor of the October 7




Dad who survived being shot in the back speaks: ‘There’s bodies all over the floor’ | 7NEWS
A victim who was hit in the back with shotgun pellets at Bondi Beach has spoken as he left hospital.


Survivors recount the horror: Hanukkah shooting in Australia
The Jewish community in Australia was shaken on Sunday when a terror attack at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach, Sydney, left multiple people dead and many injured. Among the survivors are Wayne and Vanessa Miller, who shared their traumatic experience with i24NEWS The Rundown hosted by Benita Levin.




Daily Mail photographer: I came face-to-face with the evil gunman as he opened fire and slaughtered Bondi beachgoers in an act of unimaginable terror
A Daily Mail photographer came face-to-face with the Bondi Beach terrorists, and relived the carnage in the immediate aftermath of the gunmen opening fire, killing 12 people.

The photographer had just crossed the bridge near Bondi Pavilion and stepped onto Campbell Parade when he saw a black car pull to a stop at about 6.40pm on Sunday.

'I was coming down the other side of the bridge when the car pulled right in front of me,' he said.

'It was a small black car. Two men jumped out and spread a black flag with a white emblem over the windshield. They looked like they were in a hurry.

'Then they grabbed their guns out of the car and started running. They ran just two metres beside me and up onto the bridge.'

The photographer said the two gunmen, one who appeared to be in his 20s and one who appeared to be in his 50s or 60s, yelling instructions to each other.

'They were panicking and giving each other orders,' he said.

'That's when one of them started shooting into the crowd.'


Solemn Anthony Albanese responds to scathing question about his government's approach to anti-Semitism after Bondi Beach terrorist massacre - as he issues message to the country
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was confronted by a reporter following the devastating terror attack on Bondi Beach.

Two gunmen opened fire on a Jewish festival celebrating the first day of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach at 6.47pm on Sunday.

Police confirmed 12 deaths, including that of one of the shooters, and at least 29 hospitalisations.

In a press conference shortly after 10pm, Albanese confirmed the incident was an organised terror attack and an act of anti-Semitism.

'An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian, and every Australian tonight will be like me, devastated by this attack,' he said.

'There is no place for this hate, violence and terrorism in our nation. Let me be clear, we will eradicate it.'

After Albanese addressed the shooting, a journalist questioned how authorities missed opportunities to address a growing levels of extremism in Sydney - especially against Jewish Australians.

'When left unchecked, as you were just saying, anti-Semitism leads to terrorism and violence targeting the innocent,' the journalist said.

'Your government has come under criticism in claiming that it has ineffectively responded to the rise of anti-Semitism in Australia since October 7, 2023.

'In September, your government recognised a Palestinian state. Your ministers have attacked the Israeli government, senior ministers refused to visit the sites of the October 7 massacres, and you created a special Islamophobia envoy alongside an anti-Semitism envoy.

'Have you taken the threat of anti-Semitism seriously? And can you guarantee the safety of Jewish Australians?'

Albanese appeared solemn as he answered and promised to protect the Jewish community.

'Yes, we have taken it seriously and we've continued to act,' he said.

'We've continued to work with Jewish community leaders.

'We've continued to take all the advice from the security agencies to put in place special measures, and will continue to do so.'


Press conference: Anthony Albanese and Chris Minns give updates on Bondi Beach terror attack | 7NEWS
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns with the latest on the terror attack at Bondi Beach.

At least 12 people have been killed in the mass shooting during Hanukkah celebrations. One of the offenders has also been killed and another is in custody.




King and Queen condemn ‘antisemitic terrorist attack’ in Sydney
The King and Queen have said they are “appalled and saddened” by the antisemitic terror attack on Bondi Beach, offering their condolences to the victims and their families.

The attack, which took place during a Chabad-organised Chanukah event, has left at least 12 people dead – including one of the two attackers – and around 29 others injured.

In a message to the people of Australia, the King said that he and Queen Camilla were “appalled and saddened by the most dreadful antisemitic terrorist attack on Jewish people attending the Chanukah celebration on Bondi Beach”, adding that their hearts go out to “everyone who has been affected so dreadfully”.

The royal couple also paid tribute to the police, emergency services and members of the public whose heroic actions, they said, no doubt prevented “even greater horror and tragedy”.

The King added “I know that the spirit of community and love that shines so brightly in Australia, and in the light at the heart of the Chanukah festival, will always triumph over the darkness of such evil”.


PMW: Hamas uses Sydney terror attack to reaffirm its doctrine of killing Jews worldwide
Following today's terror attack in Sydney where Muslim terrorists murdered at least 12 people and wounded 29 others, Hamas' official television channel, Al-Aqsa TV, published a post seeking to legitimize the killing of one of the victims, Rabbi Eli Schlanger.

The post emphasized that Rabbi Schlanger had traveled to Israel in October 2023 and met with Israeli soldiers to show support following Hamas' Oct. 7 massacre. Al-Aqsa TV published photos of the rabbi with Israeli soldiers, portraying this act of solidarity as evidence that he had "assisted" Israel in what Hamas calls a "war of annihilation."

Posted text: "Pictures published on the pages of settlers of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, an emissary of the Chabad Movement who was killed [on Dec. 14, 2025] in an attack on a Jewish [Hanukkah] celebration in Sydney at a time when he was meeting with soldiers from the occupation (i.e., Israeli) army in order to assist them in the war of annihilation."

[Al-Aqsa TV (Hamas), Telegram channel, Dec. 14, 2025]

The pictures show Rabbi Eli Schlanger with Israeli soldiers during his visit to Israel in October 2023, in order to show support following Hamas' invasion and massacre on Oct. 7, 2023.

Under this framework, Hamas portrays a Jewish religious leader attending a holiday celebration in Australia as a legitimate target because he once expressed solidarity with Israelis after October 7.

Hamas, however, does not need a military connection, political activity, or personal responsibility to legitimize the killing of Jews by Muslims. The claim that Rabbi Eli Schlanger met with Israeli soldiers is merely a post-hoc rationalization, designed to disguise Hamas' core belief that Jews must be killed because they are guilty of the crime of being Jews.


Antisemitic conspiracy theories spread that Bondi Hanukkah massacre was false flag
Conspiracy theories that the Sunday night Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre was a false flag operation conducted by Israel spread online in the wake of the terrorist attack that left at least 16 people dead.

Social media accounts on Reddit and X, many with large followings, spread the theory that Israel was behind the attack in the Sydney suburb, including claims that the Mossad organized the attack as a geopolitical maneuver, victims were crisis actors, and that one of the shooters was an IDF shooter.

Dozens of accounts claimed that the Mossad orchestrated the shootings to win sympathy from the global community amid Gaza war public diplomacy problems, or in order to mobilize supporters for continued conflict with Iran.

X and Reddit users pointed to investigations into Iranian involvement, following the Islamic Republic's hand in other incidents in Australia, as proof of an attempt to manufacture consent for a war.

"Bondi was a false flag to kick off another war," wrote Michael Rivero, whose X account has ten thousand followers.

Some commentators claimed that the experience of the attackers with firearms proved that they were actually IDF soldiers ordered to carry out the false flag. Others claimed that one of the alleged terrorists was an IDF soldier who had mental issues because of his service in Gaza.

"Naveed Akram is an IDF soldier that served in Gaza and returned to Australia," an account called Jvnior said in a post with over six million views on X. "Today, he lost his mind and killed 12 Jews."


One of the Beach Beach gunmen is identified as police raid his Western Sydney home
One of the Bondi Beach terrorists has been identified after 16 people were killed in a massacre carried out on Australia's most famous beach on Sunday evening.

Authorities have confirmed that Naveed Akram, 24, from Bonnyrigg in Sydney's south-west, was one of the shooters.

Akram's suburban home is currently being raided by police. His family has owned the property for a year.

Akram's identity was first reported by the ABC. It is understood that Akram was shot, arrested and remains in custody, where he is being treated by emergency services.

The other gunman was shot dead at the scene.

NSW Premier Chris Minns has confirmed that the incident was targeted at the Jewish community, given a celebration named 'Chanukah by the Sea' was taking place when the gunmen opened fire.

Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon formally designated the attack a terrorist incident.
Wild scenes erupt outside home of Bondi Beach terrorist as a group of men become confrontational
Chaos has erupted outside the suburban home of Naveed Akram, one of the two gunmen suspected of killing 12 people earlier on Sunday evening.

Police have confirmed that Akram, 24, from Bonnyrigg in Sydney's south-west, was one of the shooters.

Akram's identity was first reported by the ABC. It is understood that Akram was shot, arrested and remains in custody, where he is being treated by emergency services.The other gunman was shot dead at the scene.

By 8pm, police had raided Akram's home in Bonnyrigg, with his street cordoned off and dozens of officers swarming the property.

Residents stopped on the street were heard pleading with police to pass, but officers told them to get back.

'They reckon it's the Bondi shooter, so I get it, but I'm just trying to get home,' one man told news.com.au.

After being told to move away, a group of men became confrontational, threatening a female officer with their hands on her handcuffs.


Rhode Island cops nab suspect in Brown University shooting that killed 2, wounded 9
Police in Rhode Island said Sunday that they had a suspect in custody after a shooting that rocked the Brown University campus during final exams, leaving two people dead and nine others wounded.

Col. Oscar Perez, chief of the Providence police, confirmed at a news conference that the detained suspect was in their 30s and that authorities are not currently searching for anyone else. He declined to say where the suspect was arrested and whether the person was connected to the university.

The shooting erupted Saturday afternoon in the engineering building of the Ivy League school in Providence, Rhode Island, during final exams. Hundreds of police officers had scoured the Brown University campus along with nearby neighborhoods and pored over video in pursuit of a shooter who opened fire in a classroom.

Armed with a handgun, the shooter fired more than 40 9mm rounds, according to a law enforcement official. Authorities as of Sunday morning hadn’t recovered a gun but did recover two loaded 30-round magazines, said the official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation.

Providence leaders warned that residents will notice a heavier police presence on Sunday. Many local businesses announced they would remain closed and expressed shock and heartbreak as the community continued to process the news of the shooting.

“Everybody’s reeling, and we have a lot of recovery ahead of us,” Brown University President Christina Paxson said at the news conference. “Our community’s strong and we’ll get through it, but it’s devastating.”

Surveillance video released by police showed the suspect, dressed in black, calmly walking away from the scene.

Some witnesses told police the suspect may have been wearing a camouflage mask, Providence Police Deputy Chief Timothy O’Hara said.


Germany foils suspected Islamist car ramming plot targeting Christmas market
German authorities said Saturday they had arrested five men on suspicion of involvement in an Islamist plot to plow a vehicle into people at a Christmas market.

Officials have been on high alert during the festive season, after a deadly car-ramming attack at a market in the city of Magdeburg last Christmas shocked the nation.

Police and prosecutors said they had detained an Egyptian, three Moroccans, and a Syrian on Friday over the plan to carry out the attack in the southern Bavaria state.

Investigators suspect “an Islamist motive” for the plot, according to the statement.

The Egyptian, aged 56, was an imam at a mosque in the Dingolfing-Landau district, German newspaper Bild reported.

According to authorities, he had called for an attack to be carried out on a Christmas market in the area “using a vehicle in order to kill or injure as many people as possible.”

The Moroccans — aged 30, 28, and 22 — are alleged to have then agreed to carry out the attack while the Syrian, 37, encouraged them.

All the suspects were brought before a magistrate on Saturday after their arrest and are in custody.


IDF targets three Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon
The Israel Defense Forces struck three Hezbollah terrorists in attacks throughout Southern Lebanon on Sunday.

The targeted operatives were involved in attempts to rebuild the Iran-backed terrorist group’s infrastructure, and their actions constituted a violation of the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, the IDF stated.

Lebanon’s Al-Akhbar newspaper, which is affiliated with Hezbollah, reported that one of the aerial attacks involved a drone strike that targeted a vehicle near the southern Shi’ite village of Jwaya, in the Tyre District.

A ceasefire went into effect on Nov. 27, 2024, following an intense two-month IDF military campaign that led to the weakening of the Iranian proxy’s leadership. The deal was cemented by the Israeli and Lebanese governments and five mediating countries, including the United States.

Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam told Qatar’s Al Araby Television Network on Dec. 6 that Beirut is seeking to disarm all armed groups in the country’s south, including Hezbollah, by the end of the year.

The Trump administration has reportedly set Dec. 31 as the deadline for the Lebanese government to disarm the terrorist group.

However, Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajj told Qatar’s Al Jazeera on Friday that while “the state is holding talks with Hezbollah to persuade it to hand over its weapons,” the terrorist army has refused to do so.

Rajj said that Hezbollah’s arms “proved ineffective in supporting Gaza and in defending Lebanon, and led to Israeli occupation” in the south.

Beirut’s top diplomat said that Lebanon has received warnings from “Arab and international parties” that Jerusalem was preparing for a large-scale operation against Hezbollah’s presence near the border.


Fury at Pep Guardiola's 'shameful' Gaza remarks following Manchester synagogue terror attack as group claims: 'He simply doesn't care that British Jews were murdered a few miles from the Etihad'
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has been accused of ‘putting the lives of British Jews in danger’ by making ‘shameful’ remarks about the Gaza conflict.

The Spaniard is also accused of failing to properly mark the loss of lives in October’s terror attack on a synagogue in the city.

The claims about Guardiola’s conduct in the wake of the attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue have been made in a letter to the club by the Jewish Representative Council of Greater Manchester & Region – which compares his conduct unfavourably with that of his club’s arch-rivals Manchester United.

Two Jewish people were killed and three left in a serious condition after a car-ramming and stabbing attack outside the synagogue in October.

Attacker Jihad Al-Shamie was shot dead by police.

The following month, speaking about the conflict in Gaza, Guardiola said: ‘The world has left Palestine alone. We’ve done absolutely nothing.

'They’re not at fault for being born there. We’ve all allowed them [Israel] to destroy an entire people. The damage is already done and it’s irreparable.’

In further incendiary remarks, he said: ‘There, for a very long time now, we have allowed the destruction of an entire people because they say, “don’t say genocide”.

‘I am absolutely taking the side of Palestine – the innocent people who are murdered daily, because the man drawing this up decides what he decides, because if he is not capable of solving it through a ceasefire, gesture, the symbolism you mentioned, and only through force.’

Now, in a letter to City’s chairman Khaldoon Al Mubarak, the Jewish Representative Council argues that ‘at a time when our community is grieving and we have received solidarity from many of Manchester’s prominent institutions, you have offered absolutely no support’, which ‘is in complete contrast to Manchester United Football Club who pushed for a minute’s silence, something your club would not have done had Brentford not already had one planned as a mark of respect for someone connected with their football club’.

Referring directly to Guardiola, whose team plays at Manchester’s Etihad Stadium, the letter says: ‘He has not uttered a word of solidarity or support, meaning it is our strongly held belief that he simply does not care that British Jews were murdered a few miles from the Etihad Stadium.’


Los Angeles-area police probing ‘potential hate crime’ shooting at home with Chanukah decor
The Redlands, Calif., Police Department, located some 60 miles east of Los Angeles in San Bernardino Valley, said that it is investigating both what it called an incident targeting a Jewish family and a “potential hate crime.”

A Jewish family in Redlands had just returned home on Friday evening when “a vehicle drove past the victims’ residence, yelled an antisemitic slur and fired several shots,” the department stated at about 10:30 a.m. local time on Sunday.

The department said that there were no injuries nor damage, and officers didn’t find any shell casings. “Home surveillance video showed no muzzle flash leading police to believe the weapon was an airsoft handgun,” the department said.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, which is part of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, includes “air-soft guns using nonmetallic projectiles” in its category of “look-alike” guns like “pure toys, water guns and replicas.”

Redlands police stated that “as our friends in the Jewish community begin their celebration of Chanukah, several tragic incidents have occurred across the globe, targeting people simply because of their faith.”

“Unfortunately, Redlands is not immune to these hateful acts, as a local family was targeted because of their festive home decorations celebrating Chanukah, it said. “The Redlands Police Department is currently investigating a potential hate crime targeting a Jewish family in the 1300 block of Magnolia Avenue in Redlands.”

“Police believe the family was targeted because of the festive decorations set up outside their home to celebrate Chanukah,” the department said.

Mario Saucedo, the city mayor, stated that “while we are relieved that no injuries occurred, it is important to reaffirm our support of our community members, no matter their faith.”


Movie documents nearly blind former IDF soldier’s daunting climb up legendary rock
Filmmaker Elena Neuman first met former Israel Defense Forces sharpshooter Eitan Armon at Columbia University’s Hillel, during a screening of a documentary.

Armon, who works in finance in New York City, went to the same suburban Washington Jewish day school—though not at the same time—as Neuman’s kids, and befriended Neuman’s daughter in college.

“He made this instant impression upon me,” Neuman told JNS. “I noticed everything about him, except the fact that he couldn’t see.”

That’s an apt observation, given that Armon, the subject of Neuman’s film “Looking UP,” took on the challenge of scaling El Capitan, the 3,000-vertical-foot rock formation in California’s Yosemite National Park, with no rock-climbing experience, and with only 5% vision due to a rare disease.

“Having a limitation isn’t inherently a bad thing,” Armon told JNS. “Everyone has different versions. And when you are honest about what’s difficult and challenging, and you ask for help, you can do more.”

Armon, 28, a native of Kemp Hill, Md., in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, excelled in an IDF paratrooper unit, but progressive struggles seeing at night led to the revelation that he was suffering from retinitis pigmentosa, known as RP.

The disease causes the cells in the retina to break down, resulting in blindness.

Around 100,000 people in the United States deal with RP, but the version Eitan was diagnosed with is extraordinarily rare, affecting fewer than 100 people around the world.

With no peripheral vision, and only about 5% central vision remaining, Armon describes the sensation as looking through a straw.




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