IN THE NEWS---AUSTRALIAN AUTHORITIES CONFIRM THAT BONDI BEACH ATTACKERS WERE AFFILIATED WITH ISLAMIC STATE TERROR GROUP

(JTA) — The father-and-son duo who killed 15 people during an attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney on Sunday were motivated by “Islamic State ideology,” Australian authorities have confirmed. Australian media had reported on Monday that the country’s intelligence service had previously investigated Naveed Akram, the son, over his ties to members of an Islamic State cell in Sydney. On Tuesday, officials confirmed the account and revealed that both Naveed Akram and his father Sajid spent most of November in a region of the Philippines where the Islamic State maintains a stronghold. READ MORE AT Australian authorities confirm that Bondi Beach attackers were affiliated with Islamic State terror group – The Forward