🇦🇺 SYDNEY: BONDI BEACH DEATH TOLL RISES TO 12 - ALMOST 30 INJURED Police now say at least 12 people are dead and 29 injured after a terror attack targeting Jewish Australians at a Hanukkah event in Sydney. That’s the updated count. It may still move. What doesn’t change: This was a religious gathering, hit deliberately, at peak attendance, with attackers seeking bodies and symbolism. That’s pure strategy, not random violence. Authorities are tightening language but not retreating from the core facts: Multiple attackers - coordinated action - civilian intervention before police control - explosives suspected nearby Australia’s leaders are urging calm. The public is asking harder questions - about ideology, about screening, about whether the country imported a threat it assumed geography would neutralize. The pattern is familiar elsewhere: Soft targets. Festive crowds. Religious identity. Maximum shock value. What happens next: Federal counter-terror units expand the probe beyond the shooters. These are networks, not single actors. Jewish institutions go into fortress mode nationwide. And politicians debate language (again) while the public debates policy ...