IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir said the antisemitic terror attack in Sydney stems from the same hatred behind Oct. 7, warning that terror will spread if not confronted.

An attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney has drawn attention to Australia’s distinctive Jewish community.

As funerals get underway for the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting, grief is rippling through Sydney’s Jewish community and across Australia. CNN spoke with Jewish residents in Sydney who say the tragedy has deepened long-standing fears about antisemitism.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said two gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish holiday celebration were motivated by the Islamic State.

Hundreds of mourners gathered in a Bondi synagogue for the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger on Wednesday, a few blocks away from the beach where he was gunned down at a Hanukkah festival three days ago.

The bagel shop ran by Jewish celebrity chef Ed Halmagyi will shut down after “two years of near constant antisemitic harassment” and the Bondi shooting which has made running a publicly-Jewish business "untenable”.

After the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, Jewish New Yorkers said they felt the need to stand up for their community.