In June, preparations for war were virtually finished, The Washington Post reported. Numerous Israeli agents were positioned within Iran, armed with sophisticated weaponry. Israeli Air Force pilots awaited orders to strike nuclear infrastructure and missile sites. Jerusalem and the US had reached a consensus on Tehran's nuclear progress. Diplomatic ruses were employed to distract the regime.

Security officials knew that lasting damage required eliminating the "brain trust," the scientists whom intelligence agencies believed were mastering the creation of atomic bombs.

At 3:21 a.m. on June 13, Israeli weapons struck Tehran, initiating Operation Narnia. Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, a sanctioned physicist, was killed in his apartment. Fereydoun Abbasi, another key figure, died two hours later. Israel stated it assassinated 11 senior scientists during the campaign.

The Washington Post and PBS "Frontline" revealed these details based on interviews with officials. Experts say the program has been set back years, though this contradicts President Donald Trump's claim that it was "completely and totally obliterated."

Amir Tehranchi told Frontline regarding his brother: "With the killing of these professors, they might be gone, but their knowledge isn't lost to our country."

Israel had previously killed scientists using deniable methods. In June, however, it acted openly, emboldened by successes against proxies in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria. An Israeli Air Force general stated they finally had an "operational opportunity to do it."

For Operation Narnia, analysts identified the 100 most critical scientists, narrowing the list to about a dozen. The Washington Post and Bellingcat verified 71 civilian casualties in the strikes.

One attack on the Professors Complex killed 10 civilians. Another strike targeted Mohammad Reza Sedighi Saber but killed his son. Saber was later killed in Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh.

"One of the major considerations for the planning of Operation Narnia was to try to minimize as much as possible the collateral damage," a senior Israeli officer said.

Brig. Gen. Elad Edri noted Iranian retaliation killed 31 Israelis. Tehran claimed 1,062 deaths from the Israeli campaign. The wider campaign, Rising Lion, destroyed over half of Iran's missile launchers and decimated air defenses. US B-2 bombers and Tomahawk missiles participated. Inside Iran, Mossad mobilized agents equipped with a "special weapon" for precision attacks.

"This operation is unprecedented in history," the official said. "We mobilized our own assets and agents to go close to Tehran and launch the ground operation before the [Israeli] Air Force could enter Iranian airspace."

Israel had long contemplated this assault. Obstacles vanished after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. The ensuing war in Gaza and operations against Hezbollah changed the strategic landscape. The collapse of the Syrian regime in 2024 also contributed.

"Plans changed along the years, but they became very concrete after those two events," the Israeli Air Force general said. While the US and Israel agreed Iran was seeking a weapon, intelligence assessments varied.

Netanyahu presented Trump with four attack scenarios. Planning continued despite Trump's desire for diplomacy. "The thinking was, if talks fail, we are ready to go," a source said.

The Iran-Israel war took place in June 2025 (Pictured: The Iranian flag next to a missile in Iran in 2008) / AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Vahid Reza Alaei

In April, Trump gave Iran 60 days to agree to a deal. As the deadline passed, he and Netanyahu used deception to mask the coming strike.

"All the reports that were written about Bibi not being on the same page with Witkoff or Trump were not true," the source said. "But it was good that this was the general perception, it helped to move on with the planning without many people noticing it."

The Trump administration made a final push even as bombing began, secretly transmitting a proposal. The terms included Tehran ending support for proxies and "replacing" the Fordow facility and "any other functioning facility". In return, the US would lift "all sanctions placed on Iran."

"What Iran did not know is that this overture would be its final opportunity before Trump approved US firepower joining Israel's," The Post reported.  Tehran rejected it, and Trump authorized US strikes, a diplomat told the Post. 

Officials say damage is severe. "Overall, the damage caused by airstrikes to numerous nuclear sites was extensive and, in many cases, catastrophic," the Institute for Science and International Security stated.

Israel claims the program is "significantly delayed". IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi told Frontline damage is "very substantial," though the uranium stockpile "is where it was by and large."

"Obviously, without having physical access to a place, any evaluation is partial," Grossi said.

Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani told Frontline: "Iran's nuclear program can never be destroyed... Because once you have discovered a technology, they can't take the discovery away."

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According to the outlet's digital forensics team, which included a video posted on their X account, there is reason to believe Naveed Akram and his father, Sajid Akram, were present at the demonstration featuring the "Gas the Jews" chant on October 9, 2023.

Video: Member of the public overpowers terrorist / Credit: Social media

Campaign Against Antisemitism recalled that Australian law enforcement claimed during that period – in opposition to witness accounts – that the mob was chanting "Where's the Jews", implying this nuance somehow ameliorated the offense.

While the Campaign Against Antisemitism assigned a medium level of confidence to this identification, it released the raw footage to allow viewers to form their own conclusions.

Were the Bondi beach terrorists at the 'Gas the Jews' protest in Sydney two days after October 7th?

Our online investigators believe that Naveed Akram and his father Sajid Akram may have been present at the 'Gas the Jews' protest in Sydney on 9th October 2023.

(At the time,… pic.twitter.com/wSxHFFktXU

— Campaign Against Antisemitism (@antisemitism) December 16, 2025

If confirmed, posited this would serve as undeniable evidence – particularly for Western law enforcement officials who seem last to understand – that a direct trajectory exists between these hate marches and the murder of Jews.

"If it is true, it would represent some of the clearest evidence yet – to those, such as police chiefs across the West, who seem to be the among the last to grasp it – that there is a direct line between the hate marches and demonstrations and the murder of Jews," it said.

Video: The site of the shooting in Bondi Beach / Credit: Social media

Western governments should have dismantled this infrastructure of incitement years ago, CAA asserted. "The authorities across the West should have clamped down on the incitement years ago. It is too late for the dead, and, if they do not finally act, it will soon be too late for the West as well."

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A confidential source indicated that while the framework remains tentative, the investment could exceed $10 billion. The Information originally broke the story on the developing alliance.

These talks follow an October reorganization at OpenAI that defined its Microsoft partnership boundaries, granting the startup greater latitude to court investors and collaborate across the AI ecosystem, according to CNBC.

Despite Microsoft's $13 billion support since 2019, an October release stated the software giant no longer possesses a right of first refusal for OpenAI's computing requirements. The report noted the firm may now co-develop products with third parties.

Amazon previously directed at least $8 billion toward Anthropic, yet CNBC suggests the retailer seeks further exposure to the generative AI sector. Microsoft similarly pledged up to $5 billion to Anthropic last month, joining Nvidia's $10 billion targeted investment.

AWS has engineered custom silicon since roughly 2015, providing essential hardware for model training. The provider introduced its Inferentia chips in 2018 and unveiled the newest Trainium processors earlier this month, the outlet reported.

Recent months saw OpenAI commit over $1.4 trillion to infrastructure, partnering with Broadcom, Advanced Micro Devices, and Nvidia. CNBC noted the company also finalized a $38 billion chatapacity deal with AWS last month, its inaugural pact with the cloud leader.

During October, a secondary offering totaling $6.6 billion allowed OpenAI staff to divest shares at a $500 billion valuation, the report concluded.

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New South Wales authorities announced the decision to lay the charges against the 24-year-old Naveed Akram on Wednesday. "Following extensive inquiries under Operation Arques … investigators attended a hospital where they charged a 24-year-old Bonnyrigg man with 59 offences." Akram, who was injured by law enforcement officials when they intervened in the shooting, was admitted to a hospital and was in a coma, preventing proper questioning. On Tuesday morning, he woke up and the case was heard in court the following afternoon.

"Police will allege in court the man engaged in conduct that caused death, serious injury and endangered life to advance a religious cause and cause fear in the community," police said in a statement referencing the report. "Early indications point to a terrorist attack inspired by ISIS, a listed terrorist organisation in Australia."

The defendant did not seek release on bail and is set for a subsequent hearing on April 8. The docket includes 40 counts of wounding with intent to kill, positioning an explosive device, discharging a firearm to inflict grievous bodily injury, and exhibiting a terrorist symbol.

Akram and his father, 50-year-old Sajid Akram targeted a gathering marking the commencement of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach on Sunday. Police revealed that Sajid – who was killed by officers during the incident – had legally acquired the weaponry deployed in the assault. The rampage claimed 15 lives, including that of a 10-year-old child, leaving another 20 victims in hospital care as of Wednesday. Officials designated the tragedy a terrorist act on the night of the occurrence.

The legal action against Naveed arrived one day after Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese observed that the Sunday attack appeared to be motivated by the Islamic State, the report concluded.

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The Norfolk District Attorney's Office identified the victim as Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old fusion scientist who passed away at a hospital on Tuesday after being shot Monday night in Brookline, Massachusetts, according to the outlet. Per the prosecutor's office, investigators had not taken any suspects into custody as of Tuesday afternoon, and the inquiry is ongoing, AP stated. Despite social media being rife with speculation on Iran potentially being involved in the murder as revenge against Israel's assassination of key scientists from its nuclear program in the 12-day war, there is no credible information on this. Likewise, there is no indication that he was Jewish or that he held pro-Israel views, despite some commentators saying that.

The homicide probe in Brookline comes as police in Providence, Rhode Island, located approximately 50 miles away, continue their search for a gunman responsible for killing two students and injuring nine others at Brown University on Saturday, AP noted. The FBI confirmed on Tuesday that it was aware of no connection between the crimes, according to the report.

Loureiro joined the university in 2016 and was appointed last year to direct the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, a leading facility focused on clean energy advancements, AP reported. The lab employed more than 250 people across seven buildings at the time he took charge, according to the report.

MIT noted that the professor, who was married, was raised in Viseu, central Portugal, and completed his studies in Lisbon before earning a doctorate in London, AP stated. The outlet added that he served as a researcher at a nuclear fusion institute in Lisbon prior to his tenure at the US institution.

Speaking to a campus publication, Dennis Whyte, an engineering professor and former leader of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, honored his successor, AP reported. "He shone a bright light as a mentor, friend, teacher, colleague and leader, and was universally admired for his articulate, compassionate manner," Whyte said.

AP reported that MIT President Sally Kornbluth described Loureiro's death in a statement as a "shocking loss."

A 22-year-old Boston University student who resides near Loureiro's apartment told The Boston Globe that she heard three loud noises on Monday evening, fearing they were weapon discharges. "I had never heard anything so loud, so I assumed they were gunshots," Liv Schachner said, according to the newspaper. "It's difficult to grasp. It just seems like it keeps happening."

According to The Boston Globe, some of Loureiro's students visited the three-story brick building on Tuesday afternoon to pay their respects, AP noted.

John J. Arrigo, the US ambassador to Portugal, shared an online tribute honoring Loureiro for his leadership and contributions to science, AP reported.

Reflecting on the institute's role upon his appointment to lead the plasma science lab last year, the physicist emphasized its global impact, according to AP. "It's not hyperbole to say MIT is where you go to find solutions to humanity's biggest problems," Loureiro stated. "Fusion energy will change the course of human history."

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IsraAID activated domestic emergency operations immediately following the October 7 violence, the organization reported. The agency has sustained assistance delivery to at-risk Israeli populations for 26 months since, according to IsraAID. The Taipei office has joined international and charitable contributions to support multiple intervention streams: partnership with "255" establishing tailored support architectures for freed captives and family members; "Nitzanim Shel Ofir," a community-originated youth activation program at Kibbutz Kfar Aza; expressive arts therapy at Kibbutz Beeri, plus additional undertakings, the organization stated.

During her November 27 tour of Kibbutz Kfar Aza, the head of the Taipei office, Representative Abby Lee said the following, according to IsraAID:

"We are pleased to join the efforts of IsraAID in the reconnection, empowerment and rehabilitation projects in Kfar Aza, Beeri and with hostages and their extended families... I hope that the projects we are partnering on with IsraAID will help young leaders to reconnect to their communities and cultivate a sense of togetherness."

IsraAID Chief Executive Yotam Polizer expressed appreciation, saying it was "a powerful statement of solidarity."

IsraAID's intervention philosophy emphasizes extended presence in affected regions, working to amplify indigenous resilience mechanisms for sustainable futures, the organization stated. Alliances like the Taipei office collaboration enable persistent influence with crisis-impacted communities across national and international contexts, the announcement concluded.

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A source familiar with the situation told the publication that Israel's intelligence service, the Mossad, is aiding the probe, which is a standard procedure for the agency regarding terrorist attacks against Jews abroad.

In August 2025, Australia identified the Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as the mastermind behind fires at a Sydney kosher restaurant and a Melbourne synagogue. "These were extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation on Australian soil," Albanese declared during a press briefing at the time.

Iranian Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi and three diplomatic staff were subsequently told they had one week to leave, a move unprecedented since World War II. Australia has also suspended its embassy operations in Iran to ensure staff safety and issued a travel warning for citizens to depart Iran promptly.

"They have sought to harm and terrify Jewish Australians and to sow hatred and division in our community," Albanese said at the time. Intelligence agency ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess detailed the IRGC's use of a sophisticated proxy network. "This was directed by the IRGC through a series of overseas cut-out facilitators to coordinators that found their way to tasking Australians," he stated.

"It would appear that this was motivated by Islamic State ideology," Albanese said Tuesday. "The ideology that has been around for more than a decade that led to this ideology of hate and, in this case, a preparedness to engage in mass murder."

According to The Wall Street Journal, police publicly identified the 50-year-old suspect, who died at the scene Sunday, as Sajid Akram for the first time on Tuesday, while Australian officials have not yet named his son, who remains in the hospital.

Law enforcement stated they were analyzing a trip the pair took to the Philippines last month as part of the inquiry, while authorities in Manila reported finding no conclusive proof the men connected with terror groups or received training there.

The Philippine immigration bureau recorded that the two individuals landed in the nation from Sydney on Nov. 1 and departed on Nov. 28, identifying the father as an Indian citizen residing in Australia and his son as Naveed Akram, an Australian citizen.

WSJ notes that both men listed Davao, located on the southern island of Mindanao, as their intended destination, and their return trip to Sydney originated from that city, according to immigration records.

For decades, the southern Philippines hosted various violent Islamist insurgent factions, most notably the Abu Sayyaf Group, which is infamous for a lethal ferry bombing and its involvement in the deadly 2017 Marawi siege, where many local terrorists forged ties with the Islamic State.

However, in recent years, Manila has claimed success in suppressing Islamist rebellions, a change from the era when the south was viewed as a haven for groups capable of instructing foreigners in the use of firearms and IEDs.

While Australian police found no indication that anyone beyond the two shooters participated in Sunday's violence, investigations remain active, and Albanese noted Australia is reaching out to international partners "to see precisely if there are any links there," according to the report.

Australia's domestic intelligence service had previously monitored the son for six months commencing in October 2019 due to his associations with two individuals who were subsequently imprisoned, yet the prime minister stated Monday that the agency found no proof he was radicalized or plotting violent or antisemitic acts, nor was he on a watchlist.

Albanese added that the father also underwent questioning during that inquiry. According to The Wall Street Journal, the prime minister characterized the Sunday assault, where two gunmen opened fire from a footbridge onto a gathering for the first night of Hanukkah, as a premeditated act.

"That they hired a place in Campsie to essentially stage this terrorist act in Bondi – clearly it was well planned," Albanese said. "They clearly had thought through the positioning of where they would be on that bridge to give them a higher position than the people that they were seeking to harm."

Police in India confirmed in a Tuesday announcement that Akram originated from Hyderabad and emigrated to Australia for employment in 1998, where he married and settled, fathering a daughter and Naveed, both born in Australia.

The statement noted that Akram remained an Indian citizen at the time of his death, had maintained minimal contact with his relatives in India through only six visits since leaving, and that police held no "adverse record" on him from his time living there.

Last August, Australia elevated its national terrorism alert level to probable, implying officials estimated a likelihood exceeding 50% of an attack occurring or being plotted on domestic soil within the year, citing extremism among youth turning to racially or religiously motivated violence with little warning.

Earlier in 2024, authorities alleged a religiously driven terrorist attack occurred when a teenager stabbed a Christian leader during a live-streamed service in Sydney's western suburbs.

The Wall Street Journal recalls that in late 2014, a self-identified Shiite cleric held people hostage at gunpoint in a cafe near the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge, forcing them to display an Islamic banner in the window; two captives were killed in the siege.

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Multiple law enforcement sources confirmed to the publication that Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, Sajid, had traveled to the Southeast Asian nation in November. The Australian Federal Police is reportedly investigating their movements within that country and the reasons behind the trip, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

Authorities are also scrutinizing the pair's potential ties to Islamic State terror ideology after a flag was located in their vehicle at Bondi Beach following the shooting, alongside improvised explosive devices, Nine News reported.

The Islamic State of East Asia (ISEA), a regional branch of the terror group, has been listed as a proscribed terrorist organization by the Australian government since 2017.

"While there are no known links between ISEA and Australia, there have previously been links between Australians and terrorist groups in the Philippines," a briefing document reads.

Security cameras recorded the moment the terrorists launched their plan to massacre Sydney's Jewish community on Sunday, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. This occurred while their family operated under the false belief that the pair was visiting Jervis Bay for the weekend.

In reality, the duo was concealed within a small, grey brick home in Campsie, a short-term rental property that offers nightly accommodation to travelers, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

"He rings me up [on Sunday] and said, 'Mum, I just went for a swim. I went scuba diving. We're going … to eat now, and then this morning, and we're going to stay home now because it's very hot'," Naveed's mother, Verena, said on Monday morning as police swarmed the family residence at Bonnyrigg, Nine News reported.

Video evidence shows one of the gunmen instructing bystanders to clear the area before opening fire on crowds from the pedestrian bridge connecting Campbell Parade and Bondi Pavilion, The Sydney Morning Herald noted.

CCTV footage secured by The Sydney Morning Herald and Nine News captures Sajid and subsequently Naveed departing from 103 Brighton Avenue, Campsie, at approximately 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, shortly after the phone call.

The second individual, identified as Naveed dressed in black, appears to manipulate an object in the rear of the vehicle before taking the driver's seat of the silver hatchback, according to the report.

The car pulls out and begins its 40-minute journey to the east, The Sydney Morning Herald stated. Less than 90 minutes later, the first shots were discharged at Bondi Beach.

New footage reveals the father and son hours before they allegedly carried out the terrorist attack, Nine News reported. Naveed, an unemployed bricklayer, and Sajid, a fruiterer, fired into a crowd gathered to celebrate Hanukkah and a Bar Mitzva.

The rampage resulted in 15 fatalities and numerous injuries. Sajid was fatally shot by police at the scene, while Naveed was also shot and remains in critical condition in the hospital, The Sydney Morning Herald reported. Sources told the outlet that Naveed has awoken from his coma.

Police retrieved four weapons at the location and on Monday afternoon confiscated two additional firearms from the rented room in Campsie, Nine News noted. Officers entered and exited the home throughout the day, wearing ballistic vests until the evidence could be removed in large paper bags.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said on Monday that Sajid "arrived in 1998 on a student visa, transferred in 2001 to a partner visa and after trips overseas has been on resident return visas, which occurred three times".

Akram's mother was unable to identify her son from a photo taken at the shooting scene but stated she did not believe he could be involved in violent or extremist acts, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

"He doesn't have a firearm. He doesn't even go out. He doesn't mix around with friends. He doesn't drink, he doesn't smoke, he doesn't go to bad places … he goes to work, he comes home, he goes to exercise and that's it," she told this masthead.

"Anyone would wish to have a son like my son … he's a good boy."

Akram was searching for employment after being retrenched from his bricklaying job about two months prior, following his employer's insolvency, The Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Although he had many friends during high school at Cabramatta High School, he was not particularly social, Verena told the outlet. She noted he did not appear to spend significant time online, preferring fishing, scuba diving, swimming, and exercise.

Akram appeared to be tagged in a 2022 social media update indicating he had passed his Koran studies at Al-Murad Institute, which teaches Arabic and Koran studies in Heckenberg, western Sydney, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The post has since been deleted. The man in the photograph, whom The Sydney Morning Herald chose not to identify, stated he had lost contact with Akram in early 2022.

"I am devastated by the images of the victims in Bondi," he said. The man indicated that he and his family had been forced to leave their home after receiving death threats, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.

The report concluded that Akram's mother is a stay-at-home parent caring for her elderly mother, while Akram lived at the property with his parents and siblings in a three-bedroom home bought in 2024.

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Video: The Gurmans fight the terrorist / Credit: Social media/X

Family members confirmed Boris Gurman, 69, and Sofia Gurman, 61, as the individuals after providing a statement to the Sydney Morning Herald. Relatives stated: "We are heartbroken by the sudden and senseless loss of our beloved Boris and Sofia Gurman," according to The Guardian.

They added: "They had been married for 34 years, with their 35th wedding anniversary approaching in January. We were looking forward to celebrating Sofia's 62nd birthday on Wednesday 17th of December," The Guardian reported.

Dashboard camera video uploaded to Rednote documented Boris – dressed in purple – tackling shooter Sajid Akram along Campbell Parade as the gunman exited a vehicle displaying an Islamic State banner, according to The Guardian.

These were Boris and Sofia Gurman - murdered in the Sydney massacre. In the face of terror, Boris showed extraordinary courage and disarmed one of the jihadists, trying to save others.

In life and in death, they were not separated pic.twitter.com/Fhbw2BoNsf

— נועה מגיד | Noa magid (@NoaMagid) December 16, 2025

The footage captures Boris forcing Akram down and wresting a firearm from his possession while Sofia participated in the struggle, The Guardian reported.

A Sydney resident whose camera inadvertently recorded the encounter shared the material with a Mandarin caption stating: "Such civilian heroes shouldn't be forgotten," according to The Guardian. Her post continued: "I'm truly heartbroken," The Guardian reported.

Later drone imagery shows the couple lying motionless side by side on the sidewalk. Family members characterized Boris as "a retired mechanic, known for his generosity, quiet strength and willingness to lend a hand to anyone in need. Sofia worked at Australia Post and was deeply loved by her colleagues and community," The Guardian reported.

The statement continued: "Bondi locals, together they lived honest, hardworking lives and treated everyone they met with kindness, warmth and respect. Boris and Sofia were devoted to their family and to each other. They were the heart of our family, and their absence has left an immeasurable void," according to The Guardian.

Relatives additionally praised the couple's valor when facing the attacker, The Guardian reported. "In recent days, we have become aware of footage showing Boris, with Sofia by his side, courageously attempting to disarm an attacker in an effort to protect others," family members stated. They added: "While nothing can lessen the pain of losing Boris and Sofia, we feel an overwhelming sense of pride in their bravery and selflessness. This encapsulates who Boris and Sofia were – people who instinctively and selflessly tried to help others," The Guardian reported.

The statement concluded: "We are deeply grateful for the love, compassion and support that has been shown to our family during this unimaginable time. From here, we kindly ask for privacy as we grieve," according to The Guardian.

The Gurmans number among 15 fatalities from the Bondi beach terror attack. Most casualties were participating in Hanukkah's opening day when gunfire began, representing Australia's deadliest mass shooting since 1996's Port Arthur tragedy, according to The Guardian.

Thirty-eight additional people sustained injuries, with 24 – including two officers – remaining hospitalized Tuesday afternoon, The Guardian reported.

Six Australia Post coworkers visited Bondi Pavilion Tuesday afternoon honoring Sofia, with one colleague declining identification while confirming years working together, according to The Guardian. All arrived uniformed, placing individual white roses and a card, The Guardian reported. One coworker stated: "It's very tragic and seeing this video made us realise just how brave she and her husband was," according to The Guardian.

Multiple bystanders have received widespread recognition for confronting danger attempting to halt the attackers. Among them is Ahmed al-Ahmed, acknowledged by prime minister Anthony Albanese and US president Donald Trump for charging toward Akram, jumping onto him and seizing the weapon, according to The Guardian.

Ahmed remains critically injured but stable at St George hospital after sustaining four to five shoulder gunshot wounds during the encounter, his parents confirmed to The Guardian. Reuven Morrison's daughter identified her father as the individual observed throwing an object in widely distributed footage, The Guardian reported.

Sheina Gutnick told CBS News Tuesday: "If there was one way for him to go on this earth, it would be fighting a terrorist. There was no other way he would be taken from us. He went down fighting, protecting the people he loved most," according to The Guardian. Authorities fatally shot Sajid Akram, while his son Naveed remains hospitalized under surveillance, The Guardian reported.

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The disclosure follows ABC's documentation of extensive connections between 24-year-old Naveed Akram and Australia's pro-Islamic State network, including associations with extremist cleric Wisam Haddad and imprisoned youth recruiter Youssef Uweinat, according to ABC.

Legal counsel for Haddad stated he "vehemently denies any knowledge of or involvement in the shootings that took place at Bondi Beach," ABC reported. Authorities are examining the Akrams' links to international jihadist networks after establishing their early November arrival in Manila, case-briefed officials disclosed to ABC.

The duo subsequently journeyed to the southern Philippines for terrorist training, a senior counter-terrorism official confirmed anonymously to ABC. Late November marked their return to Australia – mere weeks before Sunday's beachfront slaughter, officials told ABC.

Since the early 1990s, the Philippines has functioned as a terrorist hub, hosting training facilities relocated from the Pakistan-Afghanistan border to southern Mindanao, ABC reported. Security sources have withheld specific location and movement details regarding the pair's time in the southern Philippines, according to ABC.

ASIO, the nation's intelligence service, investigated Naveed Akram in 2019 over his Sydney-based IS terrorist cell associations, ABC revealed Monday.

Ahmed, you are an Australian hero.

You put yourself at risk to save others, running towards danger on Bondi Beach and disarming a terrorist.

In the worst of times, we see the best of Australians. And that's exactly what we saw on Sunday night.

On behalf of every Australian, I… pic.twitter.com/mAoObU3TZD

— Anthony Albanese (@AlboMP) December 16, 2025

The then-18-year-old displayed "indications of intent" and concerning connections prompting ASIO's 2019 investigation, though additional scrutiny was deemed unwarranted then, a senior security source told ABC. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese informed the 7.30 program Monday evening that ASIO's six-month probe uncovered "no evidence" of radicalization in either father or son, ABC reported.

Neither man appeared on terrorism watchlists before the assault, and licensed gun owner Sajid Akram encountered no legal barriers to firearm possession, according to ABC.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, questioned on Radio National today about whether the Philippines travel alerted national security agencies, provided no direct answer, ABC reported. Burke observed that following ASIO's 2019 inquiry, "there was a radical change in the risk profile of that individual," according to ABC.

Two Islamic State flags discovered in the Akrams' Bondi Beach vehicle led investigators to conclude the pair had pledged allegiance to the terrorist group, ABC disclosed Monday.

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