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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So quick-thinking and brave for her age!
Heroes come in all sizes and ages.
Islam gonna Islam. Kick that vile dogma out of our civilization
She deserves to be commended.
Exactly.
And off our planet.
There’s a future Mama Grizzly 👍 High praise to her!
She will be arrested for a hate crime against Islam.
My monitor suddenly got blurry.
GOD bless that brave young lady!
Truly heroic. She’s gonna be a great mommy one day
Arrested for being n possession of an unlicensed bullet.
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.
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