"Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, announced on Friday that the country's intelligence services discovered evidence suggesting a link between ISIS and the deadly attack on a Hanukkah gathering at Bondi Beach, the country’s worst mass shooting since the Port Arthur tragedy. “We must consider both motivation and method, [...] we've been informed that by the Office of National Intelligence has identified a regular online video feed from ISIS that reinforces that this was an ISIS-inspired attack,” Prime Minister confirmed in Canberra on Friday. In response to the attack, Albanese also outlined a national gun buyback scheme as part of what he described as the largest gun control initiative since the 1996 Port Arthur massacre, which killed 35 people and led Australia to adopt stricter gun laws. “The terrible events at Bondi show we need to get more guns off our streets,” he said. Under the scheme, the federal government will work with states and territories to buy back surplus, newly-banned and illegal firearms, sharing costs on a 50–50 basis. “There are now more than four million firearms in Australia, more than at the time of Port Arthur nearly 30 years ago,” Albanese stated. The government also plans to cap the number of firearms an individual can own, tighten licensing rules, restrict legal gun types, make Australian citizenship a requirement for firearm licenses and accelerate the creation of a National Firearms Register. “Australians are rightly proud of our gun laws, [...] We are not home to the constant carnage we see in some countries, and we intend to keep it that way,” he added. The Bondi Beach attack left 15 people dead, including one of the gunmen, and more than 40 others injured, according to officials. Among those killed were Rabbi Eli Schlanger and a Holocaust survivor, community leaders said. Police later identified the attackers as father and son Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24. Sajid Akram was shot dead by police at the scene, while his son was arrested and remains in custody. Israeli President Isaac Herzog condemned what he described as a “cruel attack by vile terrorists,” urging Canberra to “fight against the enormous wave of antisemitism which is plaguing Australian society.”"