Eva Geller, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor, has died from injuries sustained in the Bondi Beach terror attack, bringing the total death toll to 16.

Geller was among dozens injured when two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration at the Sydney beach on December 14, 2025. Fifteen people were killed in the initial attack, which Australian authorities have classified as an antisemitic terrorist incident.

Australian-Israeli human rights lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky, who survived the attack, shared his grief on X, formerly Twitter. "Absolutely devastating," Ostrovsky wrote. "Eva Geller, 90, shot during the Bondi terror attack, has just died, following complications from her injuries, becoming the 16th victim of the massacre. Eva was a HOLOCAUST survivor!"

Geller, who had fled Romania as a child during the Holocaust, had been hospitalized multiple times due to the severity of her injuries. Rabbi Aron Moss of Nefesh Synagogue in Bondi Beach, where Geller was a congregant, stated that doctors had initially predicted she would never walk again. However, through determination, she regained her ability to walk and celebrated her 90th birthday, though she remained largely bedridden following the attack.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese offered his condolences to Geller's family and the Jewish community. "Eva should have been able to celebrate Hanukkah in peace and safety and instead, her life was changed forever by an act of terror and antisemitism," Albanese said.

New South Wales police confirmed they were aware of Geller's death and were consulting with the coroner's office. The alleged perpetrators, Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram, were reportedly inspired by the Islamic State. Sajid Akram was killed by police at the scene, while Naveed Akram faces 15 murder charges and a terrorism offense.

The Dec. 14 attack marked Australia's deadliest mass shooting in decades. In response, the New South Wales government has made a rapid-response police unit permanent and is awaiting the final report from a government-backed inquiry into antisemitism and social cohesion, established in the wake of the massacre.