Fundraiser for 'Australian hero' who disarmed terrorist during Bondi Beach mass shooting surpasses $2.6M

More than $2.6 cardinal has been raised for the antheral who disarmed 1 of the attackers during a wide shooting targeting a Hanukkah lawsuit connected Bondi Beach successful Sydney, Australia, past weekend.

After the onslaught – which took spot connected Dec. 14 and near astatine slightest 15 radical dormant – a GoFundMe leafage was launched for Ahmed al Ahmed, who was deemed a leader aft video showed him tackling and disarming 1 of the alleged gunmen.

As of Sunday morning, $2.64 cardinal had been raised done astir 45,000 donations for al Ahmed, a Syrian-born Australian Muslim, who was 1 of dozens wounded during the onslaught erstwhile a 2nd gunman fired connected him.

"In a infinitesimal of chaos and danger, Ahmed al-Ahmed stepped guardant without hesitation," the fundraiser states. "His actions were selfless, instinctive, and undeniably heroic, taken without respect for his ain safety. Early reports bespeak helium was changeable doubly successful the process portion protecting others."

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New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed Al Ahmed, 43, astatine a infirmary successful Sydney, Australia, connected Dec. 15, 2025. (NSW premier Chris Minns Account / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The organizers added that the run was created to amusement gratitude and enactment for idiosyncratic who demonstrated "incredible courageousness erstwhile it mattered most."

Footage from the country shows al Ahmed, a begetter of 2 young daughters, ages 5 and 6, sneaking up down the attacker arsenic shots are fired disconnected camera. He is past seen tackling the gunman and wrestling the limb distant from him, earlier turning the limb connected the attacker and holding him astatine gunpoint.

One of the fundraiser’s organizers, societal media influencer Zachery Dereniowski, visited al Ahmed astatine a Sydney infirmary connected Friday to contiguous him with a cheque for $2.5 million, the magnitude raised astatine that time.

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Surfers and swimmers caput retired to the water arsenic a tribute pursuing Sunday's shooting astatine Bondi Beach, successful Sydney, Friday, Dec. 19, 2025.  (Steve Markham,File/AP Photo)

In a video shared connected societal media, al Ahmed appeared overwhelmed by the gesture.

Sitting successful his infirmary bed, al Ahmed asked, "I merit it?"

Dereniowski replied, "Every penny."

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited al Ahmed earlier this week, hailing him arsenic an "Australian hero."

"You enactment yourself astatine hazard to prevention others, moving towards information connected Bondi Beach and disarming a terrorist," helium wrote connected X. "In the worst of times, we spot the champion of Australians. And that's precisely what we saw connected Sunday night. On behalf of each Australian, I accidental convey you."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised al Ahmed's actions arsenic "brave," and Chris Minns, the premier of Australia's New South Wales, stated that his "incredible bravery nary uncertainty saved countless lives."

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Rabbi Yossi Friedman leads a tribute for the victims of a wide shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah solemnisation astatine Bondi Beach connected Dec. 14, successful Sydney, Australia, Dec. 20, 2025. (Eloisa Lopez/Reuters)

The Australian authorities is investigating the shooting arsenic a panic onslaught targeting the Jewish community.

A 24-year-old antheral who allegedly perpetrated the panic onslaught with his 50-year-old begetter was slapped with execution charges. The begetter "died astatine the scene," constabulary said.

Fox News Digital's Alex Nitzberg, Anders Hagstrom and Greg Wehner contributed to this report.