A Holocaust survivor, a 10-year-old and a Chabad rabbi were among the 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah event at Australia's Bondi Beach on Sunday. Hundreds of people had gathered to mark the first day of the Jewish festival before the attackers struck at the event in Sydney.

Police and local media reports said the shooting began while some people were attending a Hanukkah party on the beach. At least 40 people were hospitalized.

Leading Jewish groups in the United States are urging all Jewish organisations to ratchet up security measures at public events -- including restrictions on access -- following the deadly mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on a popular Australian beach.

For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.

The deadly terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney comes amid a significant spike in antisemitic rhetoric and attacks in Australia.

The Festival of Lights took a dark turn for Jewish communities across the globe over the weekend, when news emerged of a mass shooting at an Australia celebration that has claimed at least 15 lives.

Jewish groups and law enforcement agencies across Texas are on alert in the wake of the shooting, in which at least 15 people were killed and dozens more were injured.

Dozens gathered outside the Betsy Ross House for a prayer service and religious celebration on the first night of Hanukkah, hours after a mass shooting in Australia at a Jewish party.

Henry Vyalikov, a local dance instructor from Australia whose family survived the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia, helped light the menorah for the first night of Hanukkah with Rabbi Mendy Greenberg at the Bonita Springs Chabad tonight.