#bondi-terror-attack

#bondi-terror-attack

Thousands of Australians are expected to perform acts of kindness on Thursday to commemorate the victims of last month's Bondi terror attack, as the Jewish tradition of mitzvah spreads across faiths and backgrounds. A mitzvah, which is a core value in Judaism, has come to mean any charitable act and is being requested of Australians to mark the national day of mourning.

A sold-out SCG crowd roared as Ahmed al-Ahmed, his arm in sling and his hand on his heart, walked onto the pitch just before play began of the final test of the Ashes series. The Syrian-born father of two helped disarm one of two gunmen during the Bondi terror attack, and on Sunday took part in the tributes made to the victims and those who risked their lives attending them. Al-Ahmed was joined by 14-year-old Chaya Dadon, who was shot in the leg as she shielded two young children from gunfire on the night of 14 December. She arrived at the SCG on crutches.

Bazball is dead, asserted the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, quoting former Australian opener Simon Katich. The West Australian newspaper fully committed to the theme, mocking up a pronouncement of Bazball's passing on ye olde parchment, deeply lamented by Brendon McCullum and Ben Stokes, but basically no one else. However, the triumphal moment in the country's greatest sporting rivalry was diluted in Monday's newspapers, as a belated and ultimately hard-earned Ashes victory was pushed from the front pages

The president of the NSW Board of Jewish Deputies, David Ossip, said it cannot be disputed that a federal royal commission was needed, to loud cheers and applause from the crowd of up to 15,000 people gathered at Bondi, where a minute's silence was held at 6.47pm, the time the attack began. Ossip's plea was echoed by the president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Daniel Aghion, who thanked Ossip for the courage to say it.

Dashcam footage posted to the Chinese social media platform Rednote showed the moment Boris, wearing a purple shirt, tackled shooter Sajid Akram on Campbell Parade in Bondi as he emerged from his car, which had an Islamic State flag draped over the front windscreen. Boris appears to push Akram on to the road and wrestle a gun from his hands. Sofia was also involved in the confrontation. The footage was posted to social media by a Sydney resident whose dashcam unexpectedly caught the incident.

Like most other Aussies and people in the world, I was just horrified watching on, Cummins said. We had just put the kids to bed and flicked on the news as that was coming through. Me and my wife were watching in disbelief. It's a place that's just around the corner from where we live and we take the kids there all the time. It's hit home pretty hard. We really feel for the Bondi community and the Jewish community in particular.