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Sunday, December 14, 2025
French Jew Dan Elkayam, 27, identified as one of Sydney attack victims
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Dan Elkayam, a young French Jewish man, is named as one of the 11 people killed in today’s shooting at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot writes on X that Paris feels “immense sadness” at the news, and is mourning “with his family and loved ones, with the Jewish community and the bereaved Australian people.”
Dan Elkayam, un jeune Français qui participait aux célébrations de Hanouka sur la plage de Bondi, a été identifié comme l’une des victimes assassinées lors de la fusillade antisémite. ????
Pensée très forte à sa famille et à ses proches.
Que sa mémoire soit une bénédiction. ????️ pic.twitter.com/2tBpJerjYD
— Jérémy Benhaïm (@JeremBenhaim) December 14, 2025
The Le Parisien newspaper reports that Elkayam was 27 and had moved to Australia around a year ago to work as an engineer.
The Times of Israel Community.