Australia's federal police commissioner has confirmed that a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was a terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State group.

As the second night of Hannukah began in Sydney, Australia, the scene of Sunday's shooting was the site of another gathering.

Hundreds had gathered for an event at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the Hanukkah Jewish festival.

Australia is vowing to enact tougher gun controls after a targeted Hanukkah shooting at Bondi Beach leaves 15 dead and many people injured.

Dash cam footage has emerged of Boris and Sofia Gurman trying to disarm one of the suspected attackers. The couple was killed, but their bravery was lauded by Australians.

A local rabbi, a Holocaust survivor and a 12-year-old girl are among those killed during the shooting attack on Dec. 14 at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia. As of publication, here’s

An event to mark the first day of the Jewish celebration Hanukkah was taking place on Bondi Beach, very close to the bridge where the men were firing from. More than 1,000 were in attendance. Premier Minns also paid tribute to a man filmed wrestling a gun from one of the attackers.

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann is now the director of Chabad Columbus. Marked among the dead was Rabbi Eli Schlanger, the brother-in-law of one of Kaltmann's friends from when he studied at the Rabbinical College of Australia & New Zealand.