Here are Sunday’s key updates:
■ At least 15 people have been killed in a shooting attack that Australian Police call a “terrorist incident” at a Hanukkah event in Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
■ Chabad named three of the victims so far: Rabbi Eli Schlanger, an emissary for Chabad; Alex Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor; and Reuven Morrison, a resident of Melbourne and member of the Chabad community. Dan Elkayam, a Jewish French citizen, was also named by the French Foreign Ministry as one of the victims of the fatal shooting attack. A leading figure in the Australian Jewish community told CNN that a 12-year-old girl was also among the fatalities.
■ New South Wales Police clarified that there were only two perpetrators and that they are not looking for further suspects. The police said that the perpetrators were a 50-year-old father, who was killed, along with his 24-year-old son, who was severely wounded and was taken to a hospital for treatment under police supervision.
■ The Israeli Foreign Ministry said that at least one Israeli was killed and another one was wounded in the attack.
■ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed Australia’s policies for the attack, saying they “pour fuel on the antisemitic fire.”
■ Israel’s National Security Council issued an advisory update to Israeli citizens abroad, “strongly” recommending they avoid mass events that are not secured, in synagogues, Chabad centers or Hanukkah parties.
■ Several countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Iran, Qatar, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority, issued statements condemning the attack. “That was an anti-Semitic attack, obviously. And that – I just want to pay my respects to everybody,” said U.S. President Donald Trump.
■ The Israeli military said it struck and killed three Hezbollah operatives in separate locations across southern Lebanon.
■ Israeli settlers raided the Palestinian village of Ein al-Duyuk near Jericho in the West Bank and attacked and wounded nine residents, Palestinian media reported.
■ The Israeli army said soldiers killed a Palestinian who crossed the Yellow Line, delimiting the Israeli-controlled territory in Gaza, after they alleged the Palestinian approached troops, “posing an immediate threat to them.”
■ Hamas’ Gaza chief Khalil Al-Hayya confirmed the killing of the group’s senior commander Raed Saed in an Israeli strike a day earlier.
■ A Palestinian man was killed by the Israeli military after allegedly attempting to stab soldiers near the Kiryat Arba settlement outside Hebron, the IDF said.