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Monday, February 9, 2026
Herzog meets families of Bondi victims: ‘When one Jew is hurt, all Jews feel their pain’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePresident Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal meet with family members of the Bondi terror attack victims, telling them that Israel stands with them.
“The world’s only Jewish state, the State of Israel and the nation of Israel, stood together with the Australian people,” Hezog says, according to remarks published by the Israeli embassy.
“We stood with Australian Jews, for we are one big family, and when one Jew is hurt, all Jews feel their pain,” he says.
Herzog is on a four-day trip to Australia in the wake of the terror attack on a Hannukah event that killed 15 people.
President @Isaac_Herzog and First Lady Michal Herzog met the families of the Bondi terror attack this morning and told them they are not alone, standing with them in their time of grief.
“The world’s only Jewish state, the State of Israel and the nation of Israel, stood together… pic.twitter.com/xLdsdS5Y8F
— Israel in Australia (@IsraelinOZ) February 9, 2026
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