"Alex Ryvchin, co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, told Sky News the attack occurred during what he described as a joyful community gathering and said his media adviser was wounded. "This is the Jewish community at its best coming together to mark a happy occasion. If we were targeted deliberately in this way, it's something of a scale that none of us could have ever fathomed. It's a horrific thing," he said."
"The attack appeared to target a Jewish event, to mark the first day of Hanukkah on Sunday."
The attack appeared to target a Jewish event held to mark the first day of Hanukkah on Sunday. The incident occurred during a joyful community gathering that was intended to be a happy occasion. A media adviser was wounded in the attack. Community leaders characterized the attack as possibly deliberate and of an unimaginable scale. The event was described as the Jewish community at its best coming together to celebrate, and the attack was called horrific. The attack disrupted what was meant to be a celebratory communal observance and caused physical and emotional harm to attendees.
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