The 10-year-old girl who was killed in the Bondi Beach shooting has been identified as Matilda. Photo: GoFundMe
A 10-year-old girl, a Rabbi and a Holocaust survivor are among the those killed during a terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia.
Sixteen people, including one of the gunmen, were killed during the mass shooting on Sunday evening.
Those who died are yet to be formally identified; however, New South Wales (NSW) police believe their ages range between 10- and 87-years-old.
Matilda, aged 10
Just a happy kid": The youngest victim of the Bondi Beach shootings, Matilda. Photo: Supplied/ABC
The 10-year-old victim of Sunday's terrorist attack at Bondi Beach has been described as "just a happy kid" by her family, but they worry about how her younger sister will cope with the loss.
Matilda was the youngest of 15 victims to lose their life, after two gunmen opened fire at a Hanukkah event near the Bondi Pavillion on Sunday, injuring more than 40 other people.
Her aunt Lina spoke on behalf of the family to ABC News, asking that their surnames be withheld.
"Matilda was very friendly, she loves school, has a lot of friends," she said.
"She's just a happy kid, always gives me cuddles."
Lina said Matilda was taken to the Sydney Children's Hospital at Randwick after being injured in the shooting, but had lost a lot of blood.
She said Matilda's younger sister is struggling to come to terms with the loss.
"She's in absolute shock and stress, she's missing her sister badly, she was lucky she didn't get any injuries, but her mental state now.
"Imagine you see your beautiful little sister that you love just being killed in front of you.
"They were like twins, they've never been separated."
The two gunmen have been identified as 50-year-old Sajid Akram and 24-year-old Naveed Akram, who police revealed are father and son.
Lina said she feels sorry for them.
"They come to the country of peace and beauty and they're ending up like this," she said.
"I don't even feel anger, I just feel sadness and sorry-ness for what they've done, to peaceful people who never do anything against them."
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Rabbi Eli Schlanger's family confirmed his death. Photo: chabad.org
Eli Schlanger
Rabbi Eli Schlanger has been confirmed as one of the 16 people killed.
His cousin, Rabbi Zalman Lewis, announced his death online.
"My dear cousin, Rabbi Eli Schlanger, was murdered in today's terrorist attack in Sydney," Lewis wrote.
"He leaves behind his wife and young children, as well as my uncle and aunt and siblings."
Rabbi Schlanger was the head of the Chabad mission in Bondi, and served his community for 18 years.
"He was truly an incredible guy," his cousin wrote.
Reuven Morrison. Photo: ABC News /Danuta Kozaki
Reuven Morrison
Businessman Reuven Morrison emigrated from the Soviet Union as a teenager in the 1970s, and made his home in Bondi.
In the wake of last year's attack on a Melbourne synagogue, he told the ABC he'd grown up watching his back and had hoped Australia would be a safe place for Jewish people.
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Dan Elkayam
French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed a French citizen, Dan Elkayam, was killed in the attack.
"I think of his family and loved ones and express to them the full solidarity of the Nation," Macron wrote in a translated post on social media.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said "we mourn with his family and loved ones, with the Jewish community and the bereaved Australian people".
"France will spare no effort to root out antisemitism wherever it emerges, and to combat terrorism in all its forms," he wrote in a translated post on social media.
"The lights of Hanukkah must not go out and will not go out."
Frenchman Dan Elkayam was among the dead. Photo: Facebook
Elkayam's football club Rockdale Ilinden FC paid tribute to him on social media.
"Dan was an integral member of our PL1 Squad in 2025 - who was an extremely talented and popular figure amongst team mates," it read.
"Our deepest and sincerest condolences to Dan's family, friends and all that knew him."
Alexander Kleytman
As a child, Alexander Kleytman survived the Holocaust fighting alongside his mother and younger brother to make it through the harsh Siberian winter.
After the war, he moved from Ukraine to Australia to work as a civil engineer.
His children and grandchildren were also attending the Bondi Hanukkah celebrations. Alexander's wife, Larissa, says her husband of 57 years died trying to protect her from the bullets.
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Yaakov Levitan
Rabbi Yaakov Levitan had served as the secretary of the Sydney Beth Din, the Jewish religious court, the ABC reported.
Tibor Weitzen
Father and husband Tibor Weitzen has been identified as one of the victims after he was fatally wounded while shielding his wife from the gunfire who survived the attack, the Daily Mail reported.
Peter Meagher
A former policeman and volunteer at the Randwick Rugby Club, Peter Meagher was thought to be at the Bondi event to take photographs when he was killed. A post on the Support Grassroots Rugby Facebook page paid tribute on Monday.
"Peter had made a career out of his hobby photography after retirement and was on assignment at Bondi. This tragedy wasn't just an attack on the Jewish community, it's was an attack on our nation and way of life," it said.
"Peter not only served our country up holding our safety and laws. He actively gave back to society through his love of our sport, giving tirelessly. "
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