
Australia has been plunged into shock and grief after a rare mass shooting tore through a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 12 people and injuring at least 29 others in what police have declared a terrorist incident. What began as a festive gathering of more than 1,000 people by the sea descended into chaos and bloodshed, marking one of the most confronting acts of mass violence the country has seen in decades.