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.

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.

Three decades ago, almost 650,000 firearms − about one-third of all privately owned guns in Australia – were surrendered, loaded intro trucks and destroyed. In exchange for these firearms, part of a mandatory gun buyback program, the government paid out $200 million. Gun-related murder and suicide rates plummeted.

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — England and Australia players will wear black armbands and flags at Adelaide Oval will be flown at half-staff on Wednesday in an Ashes tribute to the victims of the Bondi beach shootings.

"Our hearts go out to the victims and their surviving families who are now dealing with unfathomable loss and heartbreak," wrote Garbage on Instagram

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.

A bystander identified as Ahmed el Ahmed is being hailed as a hero after video captured him disarming a gunman during a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has proposed tougher national gun laws after a mass shooting in Sydney.