Alert

Australian police are sharply increasing security ahead of Chanukah

Australian police are sharply increasing security ahead of Chanukah, deploying a new 250-member unit armed with assault rifles to protect Jewish events and shuls a year after the Bondi Beach terror attack. Only a handful of officers were on hand at the Bondi Chanukah celebration in December 2025.

By Shia Levin

Tue, Nov 3, 1:38 PM

Fifteen people, including a 10-year-old girl and an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor, were murdered when a father-and-son pair opened fire at the event. Survivor Arsen Ostrovsky said the measures "have become necessary to protect not only the Jewish community, but all Australians."

Filed underBusiness & Deals Safety & Alerts

Share this story

Australian police are sharply increasing security ahead of Chanukah

More from Shia Levin

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's Religious Zionism party announced Tuesday that it will recommend Prime Minister Netanyahu

Starting Wednesday, Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot will be guarded directly by the Shin Bet's VIP protection unit, known as Unit 730, according to reports

The New York Times reports that Israel has shared intelligence with the United States warning that Iran may be preparing

Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee Chairman MK Boaz Bismuth of the Likud accused the change bloc's leaders

More in Business & Deals

New York City voters heading to the polls today, Tuesday, November 3

US forces reportedly carried out limited strikes inside Iran for weeks, with American officials describing some operations as defensive measures to protect shipping

Some of the tremendous feedback

Tell me your Israeli without telling me #בורקס