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

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.

A bystander, identified by 7NEWS Australia as Ahmed al Ahmed, seen disarming a gunman at Sydney's Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah event is being heralded as a hero.

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.