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We've also had a statement through from the families of the two police officers injured during Sunday's shooting.

One of the officers, Constable Scott Dyson, remains in hospital in a serious but stable condition, police say.

The second officer, who has not been named, is also in a serious but stable condition in hospital. Otherwise, there is no further information.

Here's what their families say:

The families of the two injured officers wish to pass on their thoughts to the loved ones of those who were killed and injured in the Bondi shooting tragedy.

They also want to express their heartfelt gratitude to all first responders who acted with courage, in particular the police officers and paramedics who responded. They also wish to thank their hospital team, and especially those in ICU.

They thank the community for their support but have asked for privacy as their loved ones focus on recovery and healing.

While we wait for the news conference to begin, we can bring you an update from New South Wales Health on the condition of those injured in the attack at Bondi Beach.

There are 24 patients still receiving care in several Sydney hospitals, it says in its latest update. Of that number:

• Three patients remain in a critical condition
• Five others in a critical but stable condition
• The remainder are in a stable condition

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns, NSW Police and other officials are about to hold a news conference to provide an update on the operations after the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday.

We'll bring you the key lines here - follow along by tapping watch live above.

Katy Watson
Reporting from Bondi Beach

South Australia Police Commissioner Grant Stevens tells ABC News that there will be increased police presence at the start of the third Ashes test at Adelaide Oval on Wednesday.

This is for "community reassurance" and there's no intelligence" to indicate an elevated level of threat, he says.

He adds that the officers deployed will carry rifles and be "fully visible", despite no indication that "there are any people in South Australia connected to the Bondi event".

Helen Sullivan
Reporting from Bondi Beach

Speaking as people continued to lay flowers at the Bondi Pavillion, the co-CEO of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Alex Ryvchin, tells the BBC of his “grief at lost friends and lost way of life”.

“The way that we've lived here as a Jewish community for generations, very freely, very openly, meeting in places like this to mark our festival days, bringing our children - I think that's done for now. I think that's finished,” he says.

He says he feels that the “bad guys have won...I think we have to be honest about that. They came to slaughter Jews, and they were extremely successful in their enterprise.

"We came to live, to celebrate our Jewishness, to celebrate being Australians, and we failed in that."

As the community continues to process what happened, their emotions are changing from "shock and disbelief" to “real anger”, he says.

“I think we need to understand that something has changed forever in this country."

In a round of radio interviews this morning, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he'll be visit Ahmed al Ahmed while he's in hospital.

Video verified by the BBC showed Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, running at the gunman and seizing his weapon, before turning the gun round on him and forcing his retreat. He was shot multiple times and has since undergone surgery for his wounds.

"It was extraordinary, that footage of essentially creeping up behind a gunman who’s involved in a mass shooting," Albanese tells Sydney's NOVA radio station.

"He is a hero and that needs to be recognised and I’m absolutely certain that we will do that."

Tiffanie Turnbull
BBC News, Sydney

Bondi Beach is almost unrecognisable. The sun is out but the surf is empty. The usually heaving main street is hushed.

Helicopters track overhead. Forensic investigators - bright blue figures in the distance - comb over the crime scene from Sunday afternoon when two gunmen opened fire at an event marking the Jewish festival of Hannukah, killing at least 15 people and injuring more than 40 others.

Beach chairs, crumpled towels, wads of clothing, a pair of children's sandals lie in a neat pile at the edge of the sand - all the things people left behind as they fled what police are calling Australia's deadliest terror attack.

Nearby, a wall of floral tributes has begun to grow over the footpath. Milling around are shocked locals. Hands cover trembling lips. Sunglasses do their best to hide puffy eyes.

"I've grown up in fear my whole life," 22-year-old Jess tells the BBC. As a Jew, this felt inevitable, she adds.

That is the overriding sentiment here today – this is shocking for such a "safe" country and yet predictable for one that has been grappling with rising antisemitism.

"Our innocence is over, you know?" says Yvonne Haber who was at Bondi on Monday to mourn the previous day's horror.

"I think we will be forever changed, a bit like Port Arthur," she adds, referring to the massacre in 1996 – Australia's worst – which prompted sweeping, pioneering gun reform.

Read more here.

Katy Watson
Reporting from Bondi Beach

Rabbi Levi Wolff, from Bondi's central synagogue, also spoke outside Bondi Pavilion.

"This is a time to remind the Australian community that the only way to we can eradicate antisemitism is not to wait for another press conference from a commissioner or a premier, but for mothers and fathers to sit down with their children at a dinner table and to say that the words of hate, words of evil, bigotry have no place in our home, have no place on a university campus," he said.

“This is a country where we want to celebrate minorities. This is a place where we want you to be able to show the people in this world what you represent."

Katy Watson
Reporting from Bondi Beach

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The Israeli ambassador to Australia, Amir Maimon, has just been to visit the Bondi Pavilion, and spoke of Israel’s support for the Jewish community here.

“I hope tomorrow will be better than yesterday,” he says, adding that he hopes all the necessary measures would be taken to ensure peoples’ lives were secure.

“The only community that needs to go through security in order to exercise their right to worship their God is the Jewish community,” he said.

“The Australians of Jewish faith are forced to worship behind closed doors, CCTV, guards – it’s insane.”

As we just reported, Australia's PM has said the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday appears to have been motivated by "Islamic State ideology".

What is Islamic State group (IS)?

Formerly based in Iraq and Syria, IS was behind or claimed devastating attacks on civilians worldwide including the Paris attacks of 2015 when 130 people died and the Crocus concert hall attack in Russia last year which killed 145 people.

What was previously reported?

Earlier, Albanese said the two gunmen - named in local media as Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed, 24 - weren't part of a terror cell but "clearly" they were motivated by "extremist ideology".

This came after after ABC said it understood that investigators from Australia's Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) believed the gunmen pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group (IS).

Two IS flags were found in the men's car at Bondi, senior officials also told ABC, speaking on condition of anonymity.

A senior JCTT official, again speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Australian intelligence agency (ASIO) had taken an interest in Naveed Akram in 2019 after police foiled plans for an IS attack.

Naveed Akram, the official said, was "closely connected" to Isaac El Matari, who was jailed in 2021 for seven years in Australia for terrorist offences.

Matari had declared himself the IS commander for Australia.

We can bring you some fresh comments now from Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese - his office just sent us lines from an radio interview he gave to ABC Sydney.

"It would appear that this was motivated by Islamic State ideology," he says of the shooting attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday.

Albanese continues: "The ideology that has been around for more than a decade that led to this ideology of hate, and in this case, a preparedness to engage in mass murder.

He also called the attack "meticulous, calculated, cold-blooded" and said that all the information received by the investigation so far indicated that the two gunman had acted alone.

Katy Watson
Reporting from Bondi Beach

The promenade at Bondi is still cordoned off. Mourners are coming to lay flowers along the railing overlooking the beach - one couple is in tears.

There are people strolling along the sand but Bondi is still very subdued. This area would normally be heaving at this time in the morning with residents walking their dogs and sipping a coffee.

Next to the pavilion, police are standing by some screens advertising "Sunset Cinema". Some screens are twisted on the ground and beyond them you can see bean bags and belongings - items abandoned during an open-air cinema night as people scattered during the attack.

It will take some time for Bondi to return to being the vibrant, lively beach that makes this place so famous.

The story at a glance:

• Fifteen people have been confirmed dead after a shooting targeting a Jewish community Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday 18:47 local time - here's what we know about the victims
• Twenty-five people remain in hospital, six in a critical condition, and four others in a critical but stable condition, authorities say
• The two gunmen were father and son, named by local media as Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed, 24 - the father died at the scene, the son was injured and is also in hospital - here's what we know about them
• The Australian prime minister has called it an “antisemitic terrorism incident” and pledged stricter gun controls
• A bystander - 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed - managed to tackle and disarm one gunman - he has been praised for his actions and more than A$1 million has been raised for him

Developments from the past 12 hours:

• The family of the bystander filmed disarming one of the gunmen has told BBC News Arabic: "Ahmed was driven by his sentiment, conscience and humanity"
• Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison said the attack "was the product of antisemitism that has been allowed to flourish in Australia since the 7 October attacks in Israel"
• Chavi, 27, has told the BBC her account of dropping to the ground and protecting her baby as "bullets were flying above us"
• A photo shows one of the gunmen, Naveed, on a bridge during the attack - he is holding a gun and appears to have an additional weapon and ammunition
• The parents of the youngest victim, 10-year-old Matilda, were pictured at a memorial at Bondi Beach

People have gathered at Bondi Pavilion in Sydney, two days after a shooting there killed 15 people.

Image source, DAVID GRAY / AFP via Getty Images

Image source, DAVID GRAY / AFP via Getty Images

Image source, DAVID GRAY / AFP via Getty Images

In our last post, we reported that six of those hospitalised after the shooting at Bondi Beach remain in a critical condition. Four others are in a critical but stable condition.

That's information from New South Wales Health - here's their full statement:

"NSW Health extends its deepest sympathies to the families, friends and loved ones of those who died and were injured at Bondi Beach.

"There are currently twenty-five patients receiving care in several Sydney hospitals for their injuries.

"As of 8am, Tuesday 16 December:

• Two patients are in a stable condition at Prince of Wales Hospital
• One patient is in a critical condition, and two patients are in a stable condition at St George Hospital
• One patient is in a stable condition at Sydney Eye Hospital
• Two patients are in a critical condition, two patients are in a critical but stable condition and one patient is stable at St Vincent’s Hospital
• Three patients are in a critical condition, one patient is in a critical but stable condition and two patients are stable at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
• Three patients are in a stable condition at Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick
• One patient is in a critical but stable condition and two patients are in a stable condition at Royal North Shore Hospital
• Two patients are in a stable condition at Liverpool Hospital

Simon Atkinson
Australia producer, BBC News

Twenty-five people are still being treated in hospitals across Sydney after Sunday's Bondi Beach attack.

Six of those patients are in a critical condition, New South Wales Health says, with another further four in a critical but stable condition.

The surviving gunman is counted among the 25, although there is no specific update on his condition on this morning.

Image source, United Nations

The UN Security Council has discussed the Bondi shooting during a debate at its headquarters in New York.

"An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian" says Australia's ambassador to the UN, James Larsen.

"There is no place for this vile antisemitism in Australia, or anywhere in the world" he adds, and calls for "peace and partnership to eradicate all forms of racism, hatred, and intolerance".

Image source, Reuters

Scott Morrison, who was Australia's prime minister from 2018 to 2022, says that Sunday's attack "was the product of antisemitism that has been allowed to flourish in Australia since the 7 October attacks in Israel".

"Antisemitism was the loaded weapon at the centre of this terrorist crime", he says.

Morrison calls for a review "of all relevant security laws and operational practices" but says this "must not distract us from the primary cause of this terrorist attack."

This follows comments from another former Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, who served from 2010 to 2013.

"This attack unites us in sorrow and has meaning for every Australian" she says, calling on society to "renew our commitment to fighting antisemitism in all its forms".

Gillard adds that "ultimately terrorism is defeated by love and by bravery". There is "a risk", she says, that "as the immediate intensity of our current shock and emotion recedes, so does our resolve. We must not let this happen".

Image source, EPA

It's 07:15 in Sydney (20:15 GMT), and as the city wakes up we're taking a look at the key developments in the aftermath of the fatal Bondi shooting.

What happened?

• On Sunday evening Sajid and Naveed Akram, father and son, opened fire in a targeted attack of Jewish people attending a Hanukkah event. The older of the two died at the scene.
• Witnesses recall "bullets flying" and screams as crowds dispersed amid the gunshots - what else have we heard from witnesses?
• A bystander, 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, managed to tackle one gunman and take hold of his weapon, he has since been branded a hero and over A$1million has been fund raised for him

Who are the victims?

• Fifteen people were killed in the attack, the youngest among them is 10-year-old Matilda, whose aunt has described her as "bright, joyful and spirited"
• A Holocaust survivor, retired police officer, footballer and British-born Rabbi are among the others killed - here's more on what we know about them
• Six people remain in critical conditions with 27 people remain in serious and stable conditions, police said in their latest update

The gunmen - what we know

• Sajid, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, lived in Bonnyrigg, New South Wales, and had reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group
• The younger Akram - who had been on the radar of counter terrorism police in 2019 - had told his mum he was going on a fishing trip on the day of the attack, according to local media

• Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the pair weren't part of a terror cell but "clearly" they were motivated by "extremist ideology"