{"id":61830,"date":"2025-12-18T16:40:27","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T16:40:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T16:40:27","slug":"youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Sydney<\/em> \u2014 Hundreds of people gathered in Sydney on Thursday to mourn the youngest victim of the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bondi-beach-shooting-victims-funerals-suspect-charged-after-coma\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">terrorist attack<\/a><\/span> that targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Australia&#8217;s Bondi Beach. The 10-year-old girl, who has been publicly identified only as Matilda, has become a symbol of the country&#8217;s grief for the 15 people killed by two gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of others were wounded in the shooting, including American Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff, a 20-year-old who CBS News found holding a menorah in his hospital bed on Thursday as he was treated for gunshots to his stomach and thighs.<\/p>\n<p> Leibel was volunteering at the event to mark the first day of Hanukkah, when shots rang out. His parents, meanwhile, were asleep at their home in Texas. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the middle of the night, we got, someone came to our door to tell us that there was a terrorist attack, and that Leibel was \u2014 people knew he was shot, but did not know what had happened to him,&#8221; his mother Manya told CBS News on Thursday. &#8220;At that point, we did not if he was alive or what his status was.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was a couple hours before they learned he was alive, but that he had been shot multiple times.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/620x349\/1d818b4ee26c26ddc0937d7c3451744c\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg#\" alt=\"cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/620x349\/1d818b4ee26c26ddc0937d7c3451744c\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/b4727b0ea62b524b154072ca3fc0d558\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff, 20, of College Station, Texas, is seen in a hospital room in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 18, 2025, where he was being treated for multiple gunshot wounds sustained during the terrorist attack targeting a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach four days earlier.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Courtesy of the Lazaroff family<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;We immediately tried to figure out a way how to get here,&#8221; said his father, Rabbi Yossi Lazaroff.<\/p>\n<p>After flying halfway around the world, they were at their son&#8217;s bedside in a Sydney hospital, where he told them his story.<\/p>\n<p>Leibel told his parents that after the gunfire began, he heard a police officer screaming that they had been shot, so he rushed over and took off his shirt to use as a tourniquet. Trained in how to use a gun, he told his father he asked the officer to handover their firearm so he could try to shoot back at the gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As he was doing that, Leibel himself got shot,&#8221; his father told CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I actually wasn&#8217;t surprised,&#8221; his mother said. &#8220;He&#8217;s a firecracker. He is a quick thinker. He is someone who is brave, strong, feisty, very feisty, and someone who&#8217;s very quick thinking<em>.<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>The young American rabbi, whose parents lead the Chabad Jewish Center at Texas A&amp;M University, was in Sydney for an internship with Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was laid to rest on Wednesday in the first of the funerals for the 15 victims of the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He saw Rabbi Eli get shot, and Rabbi Eil was his mentor,&#8221; Leibel&#8217;s father told CBS News. &#8220;He said, &#8216;I wish there was more I could have done.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/c177e0d7-e53a-42e8-9051-993b7b928423\/thumbnail\/620x349\/94e2aee7977e50df74d87bdbcc5e8c54\/cbsn-fusion-parents-of-american-shot-in-bondi-beach-massacre-speak-out-thumbnail.jpg#\" alt=\"cbsn-fusion-parents-of-american-shot-in-bondi-beach-massacre-speak-out-thumbnail.jpg \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/c177e0d7-e53a-42e8-9051-993b7b928423\/thumbnail\/620x349\/94e2aee7977e50df74d87bdbcc5e8c54\/cbsn-fusion-parents-of-american-shot-in-bondi-beach-massacre-speak-out-thumbnail.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/c177e0d7-e53a-42e8-9051-993b7b928423\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/be10005b7f0fbb0651b5c049671f04aa\/cbsn-fusion-parents-of-american-shot-in-bondi-beach-massacre-speak-out-thumbnail.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff is seen in an undated family photo with his father, Rabbi Yossi Lazaroff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Courtesy of the Lazaroff family<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Four days after the attack, and after two surgeries, Lazaroff was fighting an infection on Thursday, and his parents know he&#8217;s still facing a difficult recovery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s still in a critical condition,&#8221; his mother said. &#8220;He has a road ahead. There&#8217;s still more surgeries.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> His parents also wanted to deliver a message for leaders everywhere: that the attack on Bondi Beach &#8220;needs to be a wakeup call.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/uk-police-antisemitism-protests-more-assertive-bondi-beach-attack\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Hate speech<\/a><\/span> is not just free speech,&#8221; Manya said. &#8220;It leads to terrible actions like this.&#8221;<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/tucker-reals\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Tucker  Reals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n        <\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/bondi-beach-shooting-youngest-victim-mourned-texas-rabbi-recovers\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney \u2014 Hundreds of people gathered in Sydney on Thursday to mourn the youngest victim of the terrorist attack that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61831,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[761,473,8557,2898,3925,2374],"class_list":["post-61830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-antisemitism","tag-australia","tag-bondi-beach","tag-isis","tag-judaism","tag-terrorism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help - World News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their &amp;quot;quick thinking&amp;quot; son&amp;#039;s bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help - World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their &amp;quot;quick thinking&amp;quot; son&amp;#039;s bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"World News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"News\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\"},\"headline\":\"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/\"},\"wordCount\":600,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Antisemitism\",\"Australia\",\"Bondi Beach\",\"ISIS\",\"Judaism\",\"Terrorism\"],\"articleSection\":[\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/\",\"name\":\"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help - World News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their &amp;quot;quick thinking&amp;quot; son&amp;#039;s bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"description\":\"World News\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization\",\"name\":\"World News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png\",\"width\":581,\"height\":581,\"caption\":\"World News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2\",\"name\":\"News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help - World News","description":"As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their &amp;quot;quick thinking&amp;quot; son&amp;#039;s bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help - World News","og_description":"As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their &amp;quot;quick thinking&amp;quot; son&amp;#039;s bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.","og_url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/","og_site_name":"World News","article_published_time":"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""},{"url":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg","width":1920,"height":998,"type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/"},"author":{"name":"News","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2"},"headline":"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help","datePublished":"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/"},"wordCount":600,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","keywords":["Antisemitism","Australia","Bondi Beach","ISIS","Judaism","Terrorism"],"articleSection":["World"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/","name":"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help - World News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","datePublished":"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00","dateModified":"2025-12-18T16:40:27+00:00","description":"As the youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is mourned, a Texas couple tell CBS News about their &amp;quot;quick thinking&amp;quot; son&amp;#039;s bid to intervene, and his road to recovery.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1","width":1200,"height":630},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/youngest-bondi-beach-shooting-victim-mourned-as-texas-rabbi-recovers-from-wounds-sustained-trying-to-help\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim mourned as Texas rabbi recovers from wounds sustained trying to help"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#website","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","name":"World News","description":"World News","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#organization","name":"World News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/01\/cropped-download.png","width":581,"height":581,"caption":"World News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/#\/schema\/person\/1d8ae7348e048cb7984f26b4dd818ff2","name":"News","url":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1","medium_large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=768&resize=768,0&ssl=1","large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1024&resize=1024,1024&ssl=1","1536x1536":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1536&resize=1536,1536&ssl=1","2048x2048":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=2048&resize=2048,2048&ssl=1","colormag-highlighted-post":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=392&resize=392,272&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-medium":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=390&resize=390,205&ssl=1","colormag-featured-post-small":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=130&resize=130,90&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=800&resize=800,445&ssl=1","colormag-default-news":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1","colormag-featured-image-large":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1400&resize=1400,600&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-block-extra-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1155&resize=1155,480&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=600&resize=600,417&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-small-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=285&resize=285,450&ssl=1","colormag-elementor-grid-medium-large-thumbnail":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=575&resize=575,198&ssl=1"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"News","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":false,"magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Sydney \u2014 Hundreds of people gathered in Sydney on Thursday to mourn the youngest victim of the terrorist attack that","magazineBlocksPostCategories":["World"],"magazineBlocksPostViewCount":15,"magazineBlocksPostReadTime":3,"magazine_blocks_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=1200&resize=1200,630&ssl=1",1200,630,false],"medium":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=300&resize=300,300&ssl=1",300,300,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/18\/3e55cd17-a8db-4843-942b-c744536a5b25\/thumbnail\/1200x630\/1b75b2eda919433393cc4e827247f710\/cbsn-fusion-american-wounded-in-bondi-beach-shooting-while-volunteering-at-hanukkah-event-thumbnail.jpg?w=150&resize=150,150&ssl=1",150,150,false]},"magazine_blocks_author":{"display_name":"News","author_link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/author\/admin\/"},"magazine_blocks_comment":0,"magazine_blocks_author_image":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e85cf08852547781a5f631f3713dbb5197ed4b54e32ae19c7d5769b8c8504897?s=96&d=mm&r=g","magazine_blocks_category":"<a href=\"#\" class=\"category-link category-link-35\">World<\/a>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}