The attack, Australia’s deadliest in eight years, stunned a nation where mass violence is rare. A police officer shot the attacker, preventing worse carnage.
In anticipation of the Iranian strikes, several countries, including the United States, issued new guidelines to their citizens about travel in Israel and the surrounding region.
The United States, France and other countries announced the restrictions for Israel as concerns grew that Iran would retaliate for the killings of senior commanders.
Samantha Power, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, is the first American official to classify the extreme hunger in parts of Gaza as a famine.