BREAKING : Our light will outlast their hate - Terror Attack in Sydny AU | On Edge | Gershy Schwarcz

Your daily report of the news of the last 24 hours powered by Yish 24 provided to you by the click. Breaking news. It's Sunday mik 14th of December 2025. My name is Gish and I'm your host on edge with some breaking news out of Australia. 16 people were murdered and around 14 others wounded at Bondai Beach, Sydney, Australia during a big Khaneka celebration. Two terrorists, a father and a son, a 50 and 24, both immigrants from Pakistan, opened fire at a from Jewish crowd of about a thousand people at a Kabad Khaneka on the beach event which included a public manura lighting, music, and family activities. The father, a 50-year-old Sajjid Akram, was shot dead by police. The son, a 24-year-old Navidid Akram, was tackled by a hero, a Muslim hero from a fruit shop, an owner of a fruit shop. And thanks to him, many, many lives were saved. And this terrorist was arrested in critical condition after he shot him. We'll talk about it more. The New South Wales um authorities declared this a terrorist attack and said it was a targeted anti-Semitic attack on Jewish Australians. The shooting began at about 6:47 p.m. local time as families were gathered on the grass and on the prominard by the beach. It is summertime in Australia now and the area was full of families strollers and people sitting on picnic blankets. Witness videos showed two men firing from a pedestrian bridge over the road using a 12- gauge shotgun and a bolt-action rifle and then moving along the area as people ran for cover. A local Muslim fruit shop owner, Ahmed Al Ahmed, a 43-year-old father of two, a hero, ran up behind one of the gunmen, the terrorists, tackled him and wrestled him away. We see it on video. He wrestled away his shotgun as he was shot and injured while doing so, but he managed to disarm the attacker and point the gun back at him until police arrived. Officials say his actions saved many, many more lives. Hashem, when police and emergency services arrived, they found active explosives in a nearby car parked along Campell Parade at the main road by the beach. Bomb squad officers safely removed this and disarmed at least two IEDs, improvised explo explosive devices from the car, authorities described as functional but crudely constructed. The most recent official reporting has at least 16 people dead, including one of the attackers and a 10-year-old child and about 40 injured. Terrible. A 10-year-old girl. Health officials say about 42 people were taken to hospital including at least four children and five people in critical condition. The ages of the victims range between 10 and 87 years old. At first 11 were reported dead right away at the scene with the death toll rising to 16 as victims were rushed to the hospital. Many of the wounded near need near need near need near need near need near need near fist still. So please d for them when you while they light the candles soon. Some of them still managed to make it home in time to light candles candles with their bullet wounds bandaged. obviously seen. Sadly, among the murdered was the Kabad Rabbi Rebelli Schlanganger, an English man comes from England, gold is green, one of the main organizers of the event. Witnesses say that only about 30 minutes before the attack, he put Fin on another year to both and both were killed. Another Kabad rabbi, Rabbi Yakov Levitan, was also killed as well as a community member, Rabb Ruven Morrison, who was known to be a kind man in Sydney and about Saduka. Also among the dead was a Holocaust survivor, Alex Clayman. At least one Israeli citizen and a French Jewish visitor and a 10-year-old girl, Shem Yin Kamda. The Australian Security Intelligence Organization, ASIO, says at least one of the attackers was known to them before, but at the time was assessed as not an immediate threat. Australian police arrived at the home of the terrorist Navidid Akram in the suburb of Bonerig of Boner rig I think it's called and ordered his family members to raise their hands up and move towards officers. At least two relatives were taken into custody for questioning. Investigators are checking whether anyone else assisted in planning the attack. Australian media says the pair rented an Airbnb in the suburb of um of Capsi where more weapons were found. Now, officials say there's no ongoing threat to the public, but security has been raised around the Jewish sites across the country, around Jewish sites across the rest of the country and the rest of the world. Actually, Australia is a country famous for strict gun control after they passed the National Firearms Agreement in 1996. Local reports say one of the Bondi attack Bondai attackers had a valid firearm license with six registered firearms, mostly hunting rifles and shotguns, and those guns were used or seized as part of today's attack. Officials are now under heavy pressure to explain how a man known to the security services could obtain and keep multiple legal firearms and bring them to a crowded Jewish event. An eyewitness account from the terror attack claims, well, a man that actually traveled from Israel, who was a an October 7th survivor himself, traveled to Israel to tackle anti-semitism, rising anti-semitism in Australia, said that there were four four police officers stationed in the area to protect, I guess, to you know, to secure the area while the event was happening and they did not fire back until backup arrived, which took at least 15 to 20 minutes. These claims are being looked at as part of the the investigation and are adding to and adding more to public anger. The MSAD, Israel's intelligence service said it has been warning Australian authorities, the commissioner, the police commissioner for months of possible attacks and threats against the Jewish community. But the is an Israeli media report that Mossad sent repeated intelligence about terror plots targeting Jews in Australia. But the New South Wales police commissioner says there was no specific actionable warning about this exact attack. the attack and this attack happens to be took place almost 800 days after October 7th if you count according to the American day 799 according to Australia marking 800 days since October 7th this week and many are now connecting that what happened in Sydney today since that day Jewish leaders in Australia have warned that the country is seeing an explosion of firebomb attacks anti-semitism firebomb attacks syn on synagogues community buildings vandalism of Jewish schools and open pro kamas marches across Ross the country. In August, Prime Minister Albanese responded to Iranianbacked networks that were discovered assisting such attacks or planning such attacks on Australian Jews. Cutting ties by respon he responded by cutting ties to Teahran. Security officials are now also probing as possible links from this attack to Kbala, Kamas and Pakistani based Lakshar alib which is connected to al-Qaeda. The prime minister of Australia, Alan Anthony Albanese, called the shooting an act of evil anti-semitism, terrorism that struck the heart of our nation and said that an attack on the on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian. He promised to increase security and funding for Jewish institutions across the country. The president and first lady of America both shared their outrage and horror at this attack. President Trump praised the civilian who confronted the Bondai Beach attacker, calling him a hero who saved lives. He actually did. I have great respect for that man," Trump said, adding that he went in, attacked frontally one of the shooters, and saved a lot of lives. President Trump also warned of retaliation again after a separate ambush in Syria that killed three American service members. By the way, there was three other events. There was a shooting Brownson University and a terrorist attack in in Syria, killing three service members of American service members. He said Trump that there will be a lot of damage done to the people who did this. Benjamin Netanyahu also condemned the attack saying that he warned Prime Minister Albanese well a while ago that his government was not doing enough and recognizing a Palestinian state during a Gaza war encouraged Jew hatred and helped fuel anti-semitism in Australia. He said your government did nothing to stop the the spread of anti-mitism in Australia. You took no action. You let the disease spread and the result of the horrific attacks on Jews we saw today. Zoram Abdani, soon to be mayor of New York City, also spoke out and condemned the attack and said that his heart is with the with the victim, the families of the victims, and may the souls of the murdered be a blessing. Police forces in New York, Los Angeles, and other major cities across the nation and the world raised security levels around the around shuls, schools, and Khaneka events in direct response to the Bundai attack. Videos of pro Palestine rally in Sydney a day after October 7th have resurfaced the internet again where crowds marched to the opera house chanting anti-Semitic slogans singing words gas the Jews and it made it spiraled up again after this event inside Australia. Jew Jewish leaders say they are not hor they are horrified sorry they are horrified but not shocked. Many point to the huge rise of antise-semitism and anti-semitic incidents since since October 7th, 2023. The proof of that this kind of attack was only a matter of time. Many also point to the heroism of Ahmed al Ahmed, the Muslim bystander who tackled the gunman as proof that this fight is not between Jews and ordinary Muslims, but between normal citizens and violent extremists. Bill Aman, a well-known activist and billionaire in New York, posted that he is going to set up a fund and a reward system for the hero and heroes alike. He said that as a society, we do not do enough to protect and support the support the heroes of our community. And he called for a verified campaign to help Ahmed and his family after he was wounded saving others. Now let us go and light the candles candles and let's have a in mind all the victims so far reported Kabad Rabbi Rab Elli Schlanganger a 41-year-old a Londonborn father of five who just recently made a bris for his baby boy and one of the leaders of the Kabad of Bondai killed while serving his community at the event. Rabiag of Levantan, another Kabad rabbi active in the Sydney community, also killed Shamyun Kandum and Ruven Morrison, a member of the Kabad community in Sydney, known as a kind man and about stucker, a Holocaust survivor, Alex Clayman, who died alashm while trying to protect his wife and at least one Israeli citizen, one French Jewish visitor and a 10-year-old girl. More names are still being released as families are being notified. Hashem Hashem will shall help that you know the candle light. May our light shine stronger than their hatred. And it will and it does. So go ahead and light the candles and have everyone in mind and have in mind the souls of those lost today and the souls lost in October 7th and many other attacks that happened throughout our history. And may already bring Mashia. Amen. and we'll see you tomorrow with hopefully some good news and a good all the best. Thank you so much. 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