Israel’s Deputy Ambassador Attends Funeral of Bondi Attack Survivor Eva Geller

Israel’s deputy ambassador to Australia, Amir Meron, attended Eva Geller’s funeral in Sydney on Monday, November 9. The Israeli embassy said he represented the State of Israel at the service for the Holocaust survivor, who died after being wounded in the Bondi Beach terrorist attack. The embassy described Meron as “paying his respects on behalf of the State of Israel.” Geller was 90. She died on Thursday night, November 5, after months of treatment following the antisemitic attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Archer Park in Sydney’s Bondi Beach on December 14, 2025. Rabbi Aron Moss of Nefesh Synagogue said Geller suffered serious leg injuries in the shooting and underwent repeated hospital admissions. Doctors initially expected that she would never walk again, but she recovered some ability to walk. She had recently celebrated her 90th birthday. Moss said Geller had come to Australia from Hungary as a child with her mother and grandmother after escaping the Holocaust. Her late husband was also a Holocaust survivor. A couple of months before her death, she returned to synagogue for the High Holidays, where the congregation welcomed her warmly.