Leaders and officials from countries around the world united Sunday in a chorus of condemnation after a terror shooting at a Jewish event in Australia killed at least 15 people.

US President Donald Trump called the shooting “a purely antisemitic attack” during a Christmas celebration at the White House. “That was a terrible attack… And that was an antisemitic attack, obviously.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that the US “strongly condemns” the deadly attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday in which gunmen fired on a Hanukkah event.

“Antisemitism has no place in this world. Our prayers are with the victims of this horrific attack, the Jewish community, and the people of Australia,” Rubio continued.

According to authorities, at least 15 people were killed, as well as one of the two gunmen who opened fire at an event attended by some 2,000 Jews from the Sydney area, as estimated by Jewish groups. Around 38 people were wounded, of whom at least 13 were in critical condition, including two police officers.

King Charles III, who is the monarch of the British Commonwealth, including Australia, said he and his wife “are appalled and saddened by the most dreadful antisemitic terrorist attack on Jewish people attending the Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.”

“In times of hurt, Australians always rally together in unity and resolve. I know that the spirit of community and love that shines so brightly in Australia — and the light at the heart of the Hanukkah Festival — will always triumph over the darkness of such evil,” said Charles in a statement.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese decried the terror attack as “an act of evil, antisemitism, terrorism.”

“This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be a day of joy, a celebration of faith — an act of evil, antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation,” Albanese said in a televised address.

“An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian,” he said.

Israeli leaders blamed Albanese and his government in their reactions to the attack.

Hours after the attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted in a speech that he had sent a

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