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Australia to hold ‘day of mourning’ on Jan. 22 for Hanukkah terror attack
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Emergency services workers gather at the scene after a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
SYDNEY, Australia — Australia will hold a national “day of mourning” on January 22 for the 15 people killed in an antisemitic terror shooting at a seaside Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says.
“This will have a theme of: ‘light will win’,” Albanese tells reporters, with flags to fly at half staff across Australia.
Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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