Citing statements by Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Abyaneh wrote that “spiritual defense” during Jewish Hanukkah ceremonies is “necessary.”

Son of a Nazi official, Kast will replace a Chilean administration led by Gabriel Boric, a vocal critic of Israel and the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The 50-year-old father, who was killed in the attack, had six firearms licensed to him, with NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon confident that all weapons were accounted for by law enforcement.

Berlin police said they were ramping up measures around the German capital's Brandenburg Gate, where a large electric menorah is being lit to mark the first night of Hanukkah.

Like the greatest American-Jewish funnymen, Reiner used humor to make light of situations that could have been dark and depressing.

Vanessa and Wayne were separated from their three-year-old daughter during the Bondi Beach attack, but found her protected by a woman who had been shot, lying on top of her.

The LAPD homicide division told the US outlet that the two bodies found at the crime scene had wounds consistent to those done with a knife.

Conspiracy theories claiming Israel orchestrated the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack are spreading on social media, despite evidence of a terrorist attack that killed 16 people.