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Extraordinary bravery: Fourteen-year-old old girl shielded, saved two children during Bondi attack
JPOST ^ | 12.17.25

Posted on 12/16/2025 7:25:19 PM PST by Freeleesy

The girl, known only as Chaya, shared her story with members of United Hatzalah's Psychotrauma and Crisis unit who visited her in the hospital.

Fourteen-year-old Chaya is pictured with members of United Hatzalah's Psychotrauma & Crisis unit while in the hospital receiving treatment for injuries sustained during Sunday’s terrorist attack on a Hannukkah event in Bondi Beach, Australia.

By Goldie Katz. Dec. 17, 2025 02:55 A 14-year-old girl saved the lives of two children by shielding them with her body during Sunday’s terrorist attack on a Hanukkah party in Bondi Beach, Australia, United Hatzalah shared in a press release issued on Tuesday.

The girl, known only as Chaya, shared her story with members of United Hatzalah's Psychotrauma and Crisis unit who visited her in the hospital.

Chaya was attending the Hannukkah event and was located near the attackers when the shooting began, according to Hatzalah.

Amid the chaos, Chaya spotted two young children and threw herself on top of them to shield them from the bullets flying through the air. She was shot in the leg but remained on top of the children until help arrived, and she was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment.

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: australia; banglist; beach; hannukkah; hanukkahmassacre; heroes; terrorism

1 posted on 12/16/2025 7:25:19 PM PST by Freeleesy
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To: Freeleesy

So quick-thinking and brave for her age!


2 posted on 12/16/2025 7:35:14 PM PST by KittyKares
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To: Freeleesy

Heroes come in all sizes and ages.


3 posted on 12/16/2025 7:36:25 PM PST by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: Freeleesy

Islam gonna Islam. Kick that vile dogma out of our civilization


4 posted on 12/16/2025 8:09:14 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: KittyKares

She deserves to be commended.


5 posted on 12/16/2025 8:22:31 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: radu

Exactly.


6 posted on 12/16/2025 8:22:41 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Organic Panic

And off our planet.


7 posted on 12/16/2025 8:22:58 PM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Freeleesy

There’s a future Mama Grizzly 👍 High praise to her!


8 posted on 12/16/2025 8:26:15 PM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump! Prayers answered!)
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To: No name given

She will be arrested for a hate crime against Islam.


9 posted on 12/16/2025 9:07:35 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: Freeleesy

My monitor suddenly got blurry.
GOD bless that brave young lady!


10 posted on 12/16/2025 9:51:22 PM PST by Nervous Tick (Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
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To: Freeleesy

Truly heroic. She’s gonna be a great mommy one day


11 posted on 12/17/2025 12:21:42 AM PST by albie
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To: Organic Panic

Arrested for being n possession of an unlicensed bullet.


12 posted on 12/17/2025 2:34:57 AM PST by CodeToad
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To: Freeleesy

It also looks like something is wrong with her hand. It took the bravery of a young girl for a daring heroic act. Too bad Australia’s lawmakers lack any kind of bravery to stand up to the left wing gun grabbers. A brave guy with a gun could have knocked out those shooters with the click of a trigger. Fifteen lives murdered and twenty-two people wounded in the attack would have been spared with two clicks of a trigger. The Leftnicks in Australia are Leftdumb.


13 posted on 12/17/2025 3:48:12 AM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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