Members of Sydney’s Jewish community, and many other Australians, gathered at the site of a mass shooting on Bondi Beach to offer condolences and ask questions.

A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar blamed Australia's government for a deadly attack on a Hanukkah event that killed 11 people.

Officials said a father and son killed at least 15 people at a Jewish holiday celebration. More than three dozen others were hospitalized, including a surviving gunman.

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - After Australia's worst mass shooting ‌in ​1996, it took the government 12 days ‌to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise a gun buyback scheme and introduce a licensing system ​to weed out people considered unfit to carry a weapon.

The New England Patriots paid tribute to the victims in the shooting at Brown University and the terror attack at a Hanukkah event in Australia.

There are not words strong enough to condemn violence directed toward the Jewish community,” Houston Mayor John Whitmire said.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ascribed the fatal mass shooting in Sydney to Australia’s call for a Palestinian state, saying he warned ahead of the attack that the move “pours fuel on antisemitic fire.