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Yesterday — 18 December 2025Main stream

Australia Mourns the Youngest Victim of the Bondi Beach Shooting

18 December 2025 at 14:43
Sydney’s devastated Jewish community gathered for the funeral of “Matilda Bee,” an ebullient, smiling 10-year-old girl.

© Matthew Abbott for The New York Times

A mourner carrying a balloon bearing Matilda’s name and an illustration of a bee, an insect she was known to love, before her funeral in Sydney, Australia, on Thursday.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Grief Mixes With Anger at Funeral of Rabbi Killed in Bondi Beach Attack

17 December 2025 at 14:33
The funeral for Rabbi Eli Schlanger on Wednesday was the first held for one of the 15 people killed in a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration in Sydney, Australia.

© Matthew Abbott for The New York Times

Mourners arriving at the Chabad of Bondi on Wednesday for the funeral of Eli Schlanger, in Sydney, Australia.

Sydney Attackers Motivated by “Islamic State Ideology,” Officials Say

Investigators said they were also looking into a trip to the Philippines that the father-and-son attackers took last month.

© Matthew Abbott for The New York Times

The family of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the attack on Sunday, at a memorial service on Tuesday in Bondi Beach.

Australia Doubles Down on Gun Control in Wake of Bondi Beach Shooting

16 December 2025 at 22:26
The country has long looked warily at the cycle of gun violence in the United States, where meaningful changes in policy have been rare.

© Matthew Abbott for The New York Times

A memorial in Sydney on Tuesday. The shooting, which left at least 15 dead and scores of others injured, has forced a hard look at gun control in Australia.
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