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Bondi Beach terror attack

Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, Chabad Director of Bondi, who lost his son-in-law Rabbi Eli Schlanger in the December 14, 2025, Bondi Beach massacre, is the last to testify to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, August 26, 2026. (ABC News Screenshot)
August 28, 2026, 7:36 pm
Full Text: At closing of commission, rabbi urges an Australia where Jews can be safe
The testimony of Rabbi Yehoram Ulman’s to the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion that closed the discussions in the wake of the Bondi massacre
By ToI Staff
Officials can be seen outside the venue of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney on May 25, 2026. (DAVID GRAY/AFP)
August 28, 2026, 7:10 pm
Australia’s Royal Commission on Antisemitism ends with Bondi rabbi’s plea for action
Set up after December’s Bondi Beach massacre to probe antisemitism in Australia, make recommendations on security, law enforcement and social cohesion, hearings end after more than 60 days, 340 witnesses; findings due in December
By ToI Staff and Agencies
This handout photo taken and received from the NSW Premier's Department on December 15, 2025, shows Ahmed Al Ahmed, the man who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach terrorists, at St George Hospital in Sydney. (Handout/ NSW Premier's Department/AFP)
August 12, 2026, 3:20 pm
Australian police drop charges against Bondi Beach attack hero Ahmed al Ahmed
Man filmed disarming gunman during Hannukah massacre was accused of stalking, assaulting father; prosecutors: over 800 witness statements examined in case against Bondi terrorist
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Arsen Ostrovsky, who was with his family at Bondi Beach in Sydney during the deadly December 14, 2025, terror shooting, describes the attack in an Australian TV interview. (Sky News Australia screenshot)
July 8, 2026, 6:47 am
YouTube defends video falsely claiming Bondi Beach massacre survivor is ‘crisis actor’
Google exec testifies before government panel probing antisemitism; says decision not to pull clip that called Arsen Ostrovsky an ‘intel asset’ was made at ‘quite senior levels’
By Agencies
Arsen Ostrovsky, who was with his family at Bondi Beach in Sydney during the deadly December 14, 2025, terror shooting, describes the attack in an Australian TV interview. (Sky News Australia screenshot)
June 29, 2026, 11:08 am
Bondi survivor tells Australian commission he was accused of being AI ‘crisis actor’
Jewish community leader Arsen Ostrovsky, who was wounded in Hanukkah terror attack, says he is subject to ‘relentless tsunami of Jew hatred’ as internet tries to ‘erase’ his trauma
By AFP
This handout photo taken and received from the NSW Premier's Department on December 15, 2025, shows Ahmed Al Ahmed, the man who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach terrorists, at St George Hospital in Sydney. (Handout/ NSW Premier's Department/AFP)
June 24, 2026, 11:38 am
Bondi Beach attack hero Ahmed al Ahmed pleads not guilty to assaulting father
44-year-old fruit seller received global plaudits for disarming a gunman during the mass terror shooting at a Hanukkah event; next hearing set for August
By AFP and ToI Staff
Rabbi Eli Schlanger in an undated photo (Courtesy)
June 15, 2026, 1:51 am
‘Bring light to the world’: Journalist preserves slain Bondi rabbi’s mission in joint book
Treatise on faith and purpose becomes a memorial for Rabbi Eli Schlanger after he was killed at the Hanukkah beach party he organized last December in Sydney
By Zev Stub
Virginia Bell (ECAJ via YouTube)
May 26, 2026, 10:47 am
Witnesses at Australian antisemitism inquiry targeted with online hatred
Head of royal commission says Jewish people who gave evidence to forum have been subjected to online ‘harassment and intimidation’; one case referred to police
By AP and ToI Staff
New South Wales police officers stand near members of the Australian Jewish community holding a memorial service for six Israeli hostages whose bodies were recovered from the Gaza Strip, at Sydney's Bondi Beach on September 2, 2024. (DAVID GRAY / AFP)
May 25, 2026, 11:15 am
Australia’s spy chief: Antisemitism was left unchecked after Oct. 7, became normalized
Testifying to inquiry into Bondi massacre, ASIO head says lack of response to hatred ‘gave more permission for violence,’ some celebrated the Hamas onslaught before Israel responded
By Agencies and ToI Staff
May 21, 2026, 1:30 pm
Daily Briefing May 21 – Royal Commission: Antisemitism soars across Australia
Melbourne-based writer Nomi Kaltmann weighs in from Melbourne on Australia’s emotional, ongoing Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion
By Gabriella Jacobs and Nomi Kaltmann
Witness Stefanie Schwartz speaks to the media after the first hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney on May 4, 2026. (GEORGE CHAN / AFP)
May 8, 2026, 4:01 pm
Giving chilling testimony, Australian Jews unsure antisemitism inquiry can bring change
Royal commission launched after Bondi massacre hears accounts of harassment, threats and fear as Jewish community fears unprecedented post-Oct. 7 surge in hate could be here to stay
By Nomi Kaltmann
Gunman Naveed Akram in the course of a deadly terror attack on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025. (Screengrab used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
May 7, 2026, 8:45 am
Bondi Beach terrorist to face 19 extra charges over Hanukkah massacre
Officials say Naveed Akram faces extra charges over intent to murder and resisting arrest; hearing held over gag order on some names of victims and survivors of attack
By Agencies
Illustrative: Police officers at Prince Alfred Park in Sydney on December 21, 2025. (GEORGE CHAN / AFP)
May 5, 2026, 10:25 pm
Despite mayor’s cancellation, ‘Globalize the intifada’ event proceeds in Sydney
The event, barred from state-council house due to fears it would cause violence, held in a park instead, attracts small crowd
By Zev Stub
Anti-Israel protesters gather in front of a police station in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia, on February 10, 2026. (Saeed KHAN / AFP)
May 4, 2026, 5:10 pm
Fearing it would cause hostility, Sydney cancels controversial ‘Globalize the intifada’ forum
Event organized by anti-Israel group Stop the War on Palestine, condemned by political and Jewish leaders, cancelled by mayor; was set to challenge legal efforts to ban public use of the phrase
By Zev Stub
Sheina Gutnick, whose father was killed in an antisemitic terror shooting at Bondi Beach, speaks to the media after the first hearing block of the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion in Sydney on May 4, 2026. (GEORGE CHAN / AFP)
May 4, 2026, 6:52 am
Australian Jews recount harrowing stories at Bondi massacre inquiry’s 1st public hearing
Royal commission head laments surge in antisemitic attacks since Hamas onslaught sparked Gaza war; daughter of Sydney victim says shooting shattered happy childhood memories from beach where her parents first met
By AFP
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