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Hollywood stars, together with Gal Gadot, Ashton Kutcher and Insurgent Wilson, reacted to the mass capturing throughout a Hanukkah celebration Sunday in Sydney, Australia.
Two gunmen descended upon the annual “Chanukah by the Sea” occasion on Bondi Beach Dec. 14., the place members of the Jewish neighborhood gathered to mild the ceremonial first candle on the Menorah.
Sixteen individuals had been killed within the capturing, together with one of many two suspected gunmen, officers with the New South Wales Police Force (NSWPF) stated. The second alleged shooter is in crucial situation.
“My coronary heart is shattered,” Gadot wrote on Instagram. “Following the anti-Semitic terror assault in Bondi Seaside, Australia, the grief is immense. Fifteen harmless souls – together with a Holocaust survivor, a rabbi and a baby – had been senselessly murdered whereas celebrating the primary night time of Chanukah, the Pageant of Gentle.”
Gal Gadot and Ashton Kutcher reacted Sunday to the mass capturing on Bondi Seaside in Sydney, Australia on the primary night time of Hanukkah. (Getty Photographs)
Gadot continued, “This darkness intentionally struck at a sacred second of neighborhood and hope. It’s simple to really feel defeated. However allow us to be clear: our power is just not in despair, however within the mild we fiercely select to create on this horrible void.
“We should honor the victims not with silence, however by demanding a world the place each life is secure, and by selecting empathy and unity above all else.”
“Ship mild into the darkness,” Gadot urged. “Let’s ensure love is the loudest voice. I’ll mild my Chanukah candle tonight of their honor and for a world of sunshine. Solely mild.”
“We should honor the victims not with silence, however by demanding a world the place each life is secure, and by selecting empathy and unity above all else.”
Gal Gadot condemned the mass capturing in a publish shared on social media. (Instagram/Gal Gadot)
Ashton Kutcher wrote on X, “Antisemitic rhetoric is just not summary—it carries a price, and my brothers and sisters proceed to pay it. Might this devastation one way or the other spark a hidden miracle, one our eyes don’t but have the advantage to see.”
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Australian actress Insurgent Wilson shared on her Instagram tales, “Simply waking as much as the information about what’s occurred on Bondi Seaside. An absolute tragedy that’s the most un-Australian factor to have occur. We shouldn’t have gun violence in Australia, we shouldn’t have antisemitism – it’s not us! Considering of everybody affected by this devastating violence.”
President Donald Trump inspired Individuals to “have fun proudly” and to not worry for his or her security on the primary night time of the Jewish vacation.
Insurgent Wilson reacted to Sunday’s Bondi Seaside assault on the Jewish neighborhood. (Instagram/Insurgent Wilson)
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“Celebrate proudly – be pleased with who you might be,” Trump stated to Fox Information on Sunday.
Officers responded to stories of photographs fired at about 6:45 p.m. on Sunday. Police say there have been not less than two gunmen concerned within the assault, and they’re investigating the potential of a 3rd.
Police say the assault “focused” the Jewish neighborhood and is being investigated as an act of terrorism.
A minimum of 29 others had been hospitalized after the capturing, together with two cops, the company confirmed. The capturing is the worst assault in opposition to the Jewish neighborhood because the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terror assaults.
A member of the Jewish neighborhood reacts as he walks with police towards the scene of a capturing at Bondi Seaside in Sydney on Dec. 14, 2025. (David Grey/AFP through Getty Photographs)
Israeli President Isaac Herzog acknowledged the assault whereas talking at an occasion in Jerusalem recognizing immigrants’ extraordinary achievements on Sunday.
“At these very moments, our sisters and brothers in Sydney, Australia, have been attacked by vile terrorists in a really merciless assault on Jews who went to mild the primary candle of Chanukah on Bondi Seaside,” Herzog stated. “Our hearts exit to them. The center of your complete nation of Israel misses a beat at this very second, as we pray for the restoration of the wounded, we pray for them and we pray for individuals who misplaced their lives.”
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Fox Information Digital’s Elizabeth Pritchett contributed to this report.
