New Zealand Jewish Council ‘utterly sickened and horrified’ by Bondi Beach shooting

Zev Stub is the Times of Israel's Diaspora Affairs correspondent.

Armed police work at the scene after a deadly terror shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)
Armed police work at the scene after a deadly terror shooting at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)

The New Zealand Jewish Council says it is “utterly sickened and horrified” by the mass shooting at a Hanukkah party at Bondi Beach.

“We do not know all the details, but we are haunted by the scenes we have seen, in a place familiar to and loved by so many of us,” the organization says in a statement. “We are in shock, and we pray for the innocent victims of this atrocity. We offer our full support to the Jewish community in Sydney and Australia.”

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