Two Sydney rabbis killed in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival shootings were remembered by hundreds of mourners in the Australian city on Wednesday as kind and curious men who would be dearly missed by their friends,

SYDNEY — Hundreds remained on Bondi Beach long after the sun had set Tuesday. Many stood silently beneath the waning moon, police helicopters whirring overhead. Some laid bouquets of flowers, which local stores were giving out for free. All were there to pay tribute to the 15 people killed at a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday.

Sunday marked the first night of Hannukah, and to celebrate, more than 1,000 people gathered at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, some dancing and banging drums. Others were swimming in the ocean.

The victims of a mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach range from a 10-year-old girl with a gentle soul to an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor.

A Hanukkah celebration on warm summer's evening at Sydney's Bondi Beach became a scene of terror Sunday when gunmen opened fire, causing deaths and injuries, chaos and fear.

Hundreds had gathered for an event at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the Hanukkah Jewish festival.

Yehudah Leib ben Manya Lazaroff, 20, was among those critically injured in the terror attack at Bondi Beach. His uncle, a Houston rabbi, said he'd been volunteering in Australia for a year.