Israeli officials heap blame on Australian government after Bondi Beach shooting: 'Countless warning signs'

Israeli officials were speedy to laic blasted for the deadly shooting successful Sydney, Australia, astatine the feet of the nation's authorities connected Sunday, saying it had ignored "countless informing signs" of antisemitism.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and overseas curate Gideon Saar released uncommonly stark statements pursuing Sunday's shooting, which killed astatine slightest 11 radical and hospitalized 29.

"Time and again we called connected the Australian authorities to instrumentality enactment and combat against the tremendous question of antisemitism that is plaguing Australian society," Herzog said successful a connection connected societal media, posting an representation of a supplication shawl stained successful blood.

Saar was adjacent much heavy captious of Australian authorities, arguing they had ignored wide signs of rising Islamist extremism and antisemitism.

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Emergency workers transport a idiosyncratic connected a stretcher aft a reported shooting astatine Bondi Beach successful Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

"I americium appalled by the murderous shooting onslaught astatine a Hanukkah lawsuit successful Sydney, Australia. This is the effect of the antisemitic rampage successful the streets of Australia implicit the past 2 years, including the antisemitic and inciting calls of 'Globalize the Intifada,' which were realized today," Saar said successful a statement, sharing the aforesaid photograph arsenic Herzog.

"The Australian government, which received countless informing signs, indispensable travel to its senses!" helium added.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned the shooting successful Sydney, Australia connected Sunday. (Reuters/Moses Mwape)

Police accidental astatine slightest 2 gunmen participated successful Sunday's attack, which targeted a Jewish "Chanukah By The Sea" lawsuit astatine Sydney's celebrated Bondi Beach. One of the alleged gunmen was killed successful the attack, and the different is hospitalized. Police are investigating whether determination whitethorn person been a 3rd shooter.

Police accidental they besides recovered grounds of aggregate improvised explosive devices successful a conveyance adjacent the country of the attack.

A wellness idiosyncratic moves a stretcher aft a shooting incidental astatine Bondi Beach successful Sydney connected December 14, 2025. Australian constabulary said 2 radical were successful custody pursuing reports of aggregate gunshots connected December 14 astatine Sydney's famed Bondi Beach, urging the nationalist to instrumentality shelter. (Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images)

"We person our rescue weaponry disposal portion determination astatine the infinitesimal moving connected that," said the constabulary commissioner for New South Wales.

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned Sunday's onslaught and the targeting of Jewish Australians.