12-year-old girl among those murdered in Sydney attack, says Jewish communal leader

14 December 2025, 7:57 pm

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Emergency workers wait on a street after a deadly terror shooting targeting the Jewish community at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on December 14, 2025. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)

A 12-year-old girl is among those killed by gunmen targeting a Hanukkah event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach in Australia today, says a Jewish communal leader.

Alexander Ryvchin, co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, tells CNN that a friend of his “lost his 12-year-old daughter, who succumbed to her wounds in hospital.”

“We’re a very close knit community, and this event is kind of the gem of our year. It’s something we look forward to every year,” he tells the TV network.

Other victims have been identified as Chabad Rabbi Eli Schlanger and Holocaust survivor Alex Kleytman. Israel said that at least one Israeli national was also killed in the massacre. At least 11 people were killed and dozens more wounded in the attack.