Crowds gathered at Sydney Harbour Bridge for New Year celebrations paused for a one-minute vigil to honor the victims of the recent Bondi Beach attack, where 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah event. Thousands stood in silence, holding candles and phone lights, as the bridge was illuminated in white and a menorah was projected onto its pylons. The Lord Mayor of Sydney called for solidarity with the Jewish community, rejecting violence and antisemitism. The attack, carried out by two men, marked the worst mass shooting in Australia in decades and heightened fears of antisemitic violence within the country's Jewish community.