Ahmed al-Ahmed, the Syrian-born man who risked his life to disarm an attacker during Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades, has “changed the perception of Syrians” through his bravery, his father told Al Arabiya on Tuesday.Al-Ahmed’s father said his son will undergo surgery to remove bullets he was wounded by during the attack.Al-Ahmed has become a source of pride in his hometown in Syria.For all the latest headlines follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“His act is a source of pride for us and for Syria,” his uncle Mohammed, a farmer, told AFP in the town of al-Nayrab.Ahmed al-Ahmed, a fruit seller and father of two, emigrated from Syria to Australia in 2007, Mohammed said.On Sunday, the 44-year-old intervened during an attack on a Jewish festival marking the start of Hanukkah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach. The attackers killed 15 people and shot al-Ahmed several times in the shoulder as he wrestled with one of the gunmen.Social media footage showed al-Ahmed taking