Israeli actress Gal Gadot addressed the tragedy in a lengthy note, "My heart is shattered. Following the antisemitic terror attack in Bondi Beach, Australia, the grief is immense. Fifteen innocent souls -- including a Holocaust survivor, a rabbi, and a child -- were senselessly murdered while celebrating the first night of Chanukah, the Festival of Light."
She further wrote, "This darkness deliberately struck at a sacred moment of community and hope. It is easy to feel defeated. But let us be clear: our strength is not in despair but in the light we fiercely choose to create in this terrible void. We must honour the victims not with silence, but by demanding a world where every life is safe and by choosing empathy and unity above all else. Send light into the darkness. Let's make sure love is the loudest voice. I will light my Chanukah candle tonight in their honour and for a world of light. Only light. Gal Gadot."