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.

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.

Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

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

'No one expects to be a hero, but when the moment came, he was.' These are the words describing the bravery of Ahmed al Ahmed.

Yehudah Leib ben Manya Lazaroff, 20, was among those critically injured in the terror attack at Bondi Beach. His uncle, a Houston rabbi, said he'd been volunteering in Australia for a year.

A woman tells the BBC she acted as a "human shield" for her baby during the deadly attack on the Jewish community in Sydney.

In the minutes that followed the first sounds of gunfire Sunday night at Bondi Beach in Sydney, the assault would end the lives of at least 15 people.