Australian officials say the Bondi Beach gunmen carried bombs, ISIS flags and had recently traveled to the Philippines, confirming the massacre was ISIS-inspired.

A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State," Australia's police said Tuesday.

While a Sydney shopowner is being hailed as a hero after disarming one of the gunmen shooting at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, a couple and another man who died after physically confronting the attackers are also being remembered for their heroic efforts to save those around them.

New South Wales Police said emergency services were called to Campbell Parade, the road that runs along Bondi Beach, just before 7 p.m. local time, to reports of a shooting.

Before the bloodshed and broken hearts, there was a little girl with a gentle soul, a loving grandmother who delivered meals to the needy and a young man dubbed a “golden person” for his kindness. And there was an 87-year-old grandfather who sought solace in Australia after surviving the Holocaust,

Wait times to donate blood were up to seven hours in Sydney the day after the fatal Bondi beach terror attack.

In the aftermath of the Bondi Beach shooting which left 15 people dead, Australian public broadcaster ABC named one of the shooters as Naveed Akram, citing an anonymous official. A picture supposedly depicting the assailant circulated widely on social media,

"Our hearts go out to the victims and their surviving families who are now dealing with unfathomable loss and heartbreak," wrote Garbage on Instagram after at least 15 people were killed and 40 people injured in the incident,

Reuven Morrison was one of the people who was killed on Sydney's Bondi Beach during a mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday. His daughter, Sheina Gutnick, daughter said he died as a hero, throwing a brick at one of the shooters, trying to protect others. "If… pic.twitter.com/dtLGgqPQRQ