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Major US Cities on Alert After Hanukkah Terrorist Attack in Australia
Epoch Times ^ | 12/15/2025 | Jack Phillips

Posted on 12/15/2025 10:32:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Police departments in New York City, Miami, Los Angeles, and other major cities said they are on high alert after a shooting in Australia’s Bondi Beach over the weekend that left numerous people dead.

Officials in Sydney said that at least 11 people were shot and killed in an attack on Sunday as hundreds gathered to celebrate Hanukkah. Authorities indicated that it was a terrorist attack targeting Jewish people.

“We are closely monitoring the horrific attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, during a Hanukkah celebration,” the New York Police Department (NYPD) said in a statement. “We are in touch with our Australian partners, and at this time, we see no nexus to NYC.”

The NYPD said that it is “deploying additional resources to public Hanukkah celebrations and synagogues out of an abundance of caution,” adding: “As always, if you see something, say something.”

On social media, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) wrote that more officers will be sent to Jewish schools, synagogues, and Hanukkah events in the city. Hanukkah begins at sundown on Dec. 14 and will last until Dec. 23.

“While there is no known threat to Los Angeles at this time, the LAPD remains vigilant and committed to protecting our diverse communities. As part of this commitment, the LAPD will provide extra patrols at Jewish facilities, schools, synagogues, and at Hanukkah events throughout the city,” the LAPD statement said.

Officials in Miami released a similar statement on X, saying that the police department has “increased our uniformed presence at synagogues, schools, and other key locations citywide to help ensure the continued safety of our residents and visitors.”

“We continue to monitor intelligence channels and remain in close communication with leaders within the faith-based community,” the Miami Police Department said in a statement.

Authorities in New York’s Suffolk County, located near New York City, said in a post on X that extra officers are being deployed for Hanukkah-related events set to last until Dec. 22. Multiple Canadian cities’ police departments said in posts on social media they would be increasing security at events following the Australia shooting.

On Sunday, two armed men opened fire at Australia’s Bondi Beach in an attack that targeted the Jewish community event, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a news conference.

“This attack was designed to target Sydney’s Jewish community,” Minns said.

At least 29 people were confirmed wounded, including two police officers, said Mal Lanyon, police commissioner for New South Wales, the state in which Sydney is located.

One gunman was fatally shot by police and the second was arrested and is in critical condition, authorities said. Police said officers were examining a number of suspicious items, including improvised explosive devices found in the car of one of the suspects.

The incident drew condemnation from the White House, including President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump during remarks on Sunday praised a bystander who was seen grabbing a gun from one of the alleged suspects.

In a post on X, Rubio wrote that the United States “strongly condemns the terrorist attack in Australia targeting a Jewish celebration,” adding, “Our prayers are with the victims of this horrific attack, the Jewish community, and the people of Australia.”

The shooting in Australia came within hours of a mass shooting at Rhode Island’s Brown University that left multiple people dead and injured, as well as a terrorist attack in central Syria that officials said killed three American citizens, two of them U.S. Army soldiers and the third a civilian interpreter.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: australia; bondibeach; brokenhill; hanukkah; koranimals; sydney; terrorism
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1 posted on 12/15/2025 10:32:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Alerts after letting in millions of unvetted muslims? Who would have ever guessed?


2 posted on 12/15/2025 10:39:10 AM PST by brownsfan (We are already on the slippery slope.)
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To: brownsfan

Who let them in? Bammy and Biden, the commie twins.


3 posted on 12/15/2025 10:43:17 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: SeekAndFind
We're On Alert.... whatever that means.
4 posted on 12/15/2025 10:55:47 AM PST by Rummyfan (Ok In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support lthe civilized man.👨 so t tv)
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To: SeekAndFind

Of course, as expected, the lefty Australian government wants to add more restrictions to guns. It seems that leftys and gun “ control “ is some kind of bizarre fetish.


5 posted on 12/15/2025 10:58:16 AM PST by BigEdLB (Schiff to GITMO)
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To: SeekAndFind

Let’s see. Hanukkah celebrations need to be curtailed or canceled because of terror threats and the same goes for Christmas parades, markets, tree lightings, etc. etc. There seems to be a common thread here, but it must not be mentioned aloud.


6 posted on 12/15/2025 11:08:21 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: hanamizu

Yes, odd that they left out “who” is threatening. Some people will do some things...


7 posted on 12/15/2025 11:19:46 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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To: Rummyfan
"We're On Alert.... whatever that means."

It means the government is waiting for islamists
to murder other people who are not muslims.

8 posted on 12/15/2025 11:20:05 AM PST by StormEye
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To: SeekAndFind

They have the necessary forms and body bags ready.

So sick they can’t admit the problem.

Muslims and Islam is the problem. It’s not comparable with western civilization.


9 posted on 12/15/2025 11:24:58 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
from the FRchives, mostly recent:

10 posted on 12/15/2025 11:25:08 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: TheThirdRuffian

That’s right.


11 posted on 12/15/2025 11:38:37 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Rummyfan

We’re On Alert.... whatever that means.


It means Jews better not do anything in public, because they won’t be protected.


12 posted on 12/15/2025 11:39:13 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: dfwgator

I was at my lawyers’ office this morning to get an oil deal finished.

Big menorah front and center.

Asked the Hispanic receptionist if she was concerned. Pretty girl. She said everyone there had a pistol and was more eager for the opportunity than concerned.


13 posted on 12/15/2025 11:46:02 AM PST by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: SeekAndFind

https://www.patreon.com/posts/145927139

Chapter 815.202 | Update & Analysis: 15 December 2025

Source link above :

Chapter 815.202 — The Known and the Unstopped

Subtitle: When Travel, Terror, and Silence Converge

There is a pattern that repeats itself so often in modern terrorism cases that it has become almost ritualistic.

After the blood is cleaned from the streets.
After the victims are counted.
After the press conferences end.

We hear the same sentence:

“The suspects were known to authorities.”

Chapter 815.202 belongs in that category — not because it is unique, but because it is tragically familiar.

The Australia Case

According to The Daily Telegraph, the father and son responsible for the massacre in Australia had traveled to the Philippines just months before the attack — specifically to regions where ISIS-linked training camps are known to exist.

This alone does not prove guilt.
Travel is not a crime.

But this detail becomes explosive when combined with a second fact:

Both individuals were already known to police.

That is the convergence point — the moment where coincidence ends and systemic failure begins to demand explanation.

Why the Philippines Matters

Southern Philippines, particularly Mindanao, has been a persistent hub for:
• ISIS-aligned groups
• Foreign fighter facilitation
• Weapons training
• Ideological indoctrination

For years, Western intelligence agencies have tracked:
• Australians
• Europeans
• Southeast Asians

traveling into these regions for radicalization and tactical preparation, often returning home quietly — until they don’t.

This is not speculation.
This is established counterterrorism history.

The Red Flags That Aligned

In modern threat assessment, the following combination is considered high-risk:
• Prior law enforcement awareness
• Travel to extremist-controlled or influenced regions
• Return without debrief, monitoring, or intervention

And yet — nothing happened.

No visible escalation.
No preventative disruption.
No apparent questioning before the attack.

The Uncomfortable Question

Chapter 815.202 does not accuse.
It asks.

Why were they not investigated?

Was it:
• Legal thresholds?
• Intelligence silos?
• Resource exhaustion?
• Political reluctance?
• A belief that the threat had passed?

Or something worse — normalization?

When “known to police” becomes a bureaucratic placeholder rather than a trigger for action.

A Pattern Across the West

This chapter does not stand alone.

It echoes:
• London
• Paris
• Brussels
• Nice
• Orlando
• San Bernardino

Different countries.
Same after-action reports.

Known individuals.
Known ideology.
Known travel routes.

Unknown urgency — until it is too late.

Ezekiel’s Watchman Warning

“Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.”
— Ezekiel 33:7 (KJV)

The watchman is not judged for the sword —
but for whether he sounded the alarm.

When warning signs are seen but not acted upon, responsibility does not vanish with silence.

The Shift in Modern Terror

ISIS no longer needs mass training camps or centralized commands.

Today’s model is:
• Short foreign exposure
• Ideological reinforcement
• Tactical inspiration
• Autonomous execution

This is harder to detect — but not invisible.

Which makes inaction more troubling, not less.

The Spiritual Parallel

In the 815 series, patterns matter.

Just as nations ignore warning signs before collapse, institutions ignore indicators before catastrophe.

Scripture warns repeatedly:
• Before judgment
• Before exile
• Before disaster

The signs were present — and dismissed.

Closing Reflection

Chapter 815.202 is not about hindsight outrage.

It is about accountability in the age of warning overload.

When every signal is normalized, none are acted upon.
When every suspect is “known,” no one is stopped.

And when watchmen stop warning, the sword comes anyway


14 posted on 12/15/2025 12:12:12 PM PST by FRinCanada2 (http://patreon.com/spartansixdelta)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Dem cities have social workers and mindfulness counselors on alert.


15 posted on 12/15/2025 12:26:30 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your wa lls. )
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To: MtnClimber
This is Australia so the influx of Muslims can't be pinned on Obama or Biden.

Unless Obama put pressure behind the scenes to make the government let them in...but I suspect the Australian politicians did this without help.

16 posted on 12/15/2025 12:59:30 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: SeekAndFind

Green Acres is the place to be.
Farm livin’ is the life for me.
Land spreadin’ out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside.

New York is where I’d rather stay.
I get allergic smelling hay.
I just adore a penthouse view.
Dah-ling I love you but give me Park Avenue.

...The chores.
...The stores.
...Fresh air.
...Times Square

You are my wife.
Good bye, city life.
Green Acres we are there.

[Thanks to gracieman for correcting these lyrics]
Copyright: Lyrics © Original Writer and Publisher

source: https://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/greenacreslyrics.html


17 posted on 12/15/2025 1:22:09 PM PST by kawhill (And the sea will bring each man new hope as sleep brings dreams of home. C.C.)
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To: Verginius Rufus

The muslim influx is a global 0bama, Soros, WEF plot. And leftists everywhere.


18 posted on 12/15/2025 1:23:20 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: brownsfan

Islam gonna Islam


19 posted on 12/15/2025 1:43:13 PM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower)
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To: SeekAndFind

I suspect NYC is not on high alert and the new Mayor is feeling quite contented about things.


20 posted on 12/15/2025 1:45:14 PM PST by Vision (“Our Democracy” means "Our Slush Fund." The Left is hate.)
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