The international community condemned on Sunday the terrorist attack against the Jewish community that occurred in Sydney during a celebration for the start of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, which resulted in 12 deaths and 29 injuries.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, wrote on the social network perpetrated today against Jewish families gathered together in Sydney to celebrate Hanukkah.” “My heart goes out to the Jewish community around the world on this first day of Hanukkah, a holiday that celebrates the miracle of peace and light overcoming darkness,” the Secretary-General of Europe, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, expressed her shock at the tragic attack. wife, Camilla, expressed their “appall and deep sadness at the atrocious anti-Semitic terrorist attack,” the monarch, who is also the head of state of Australia, said in a statement. Other European countries, such as Spain and Poland, also condemned the attack on the Jewish community on a Sydney beach, as did Argentina, New Zealand, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Lebanon, Jordan, Iran, India, and South Africa. In all cases, they expressed their rejection of terrorism and warned against hate speech and extremism. From the United States, Secretary of State Marco Rubio wrote in X: "The United States strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Australia targeting a Jewish celebration. Antisemitism has no place in this world." Rubio wrote in a message on Meanwhile,Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu linked Australia's “call for a Palestinian state” to the Sydney shooting. "Their call for a Palestinian state fans the flames of antisemitism. It rewards Hamas terrorists," he stated.