New evidence deepens the terror connection in the horrific Bondi Beach massacre. The U.S. offers security guarantees for Ukraine, and the Trump administration drops a new website for Christmas.

I'm Daily Wire, Executive Editor John Bickley, with Georgia Howe. It's Tuesday, December 16th. This is Evening Wire.

More details have emerged about the deadly Islamic terror attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.

Daily Wire's senior editor, Cabot Phillips, has the latest.

Australian authorities say the two gunmen responsible for the Bondi Beach Massacre

had improvised explosives and homemade ISIS flags in their car when they opened fire on the

beachfront Hanukkah celebration, killing 15 people. Federal Police Commissioner Chrissy Barrett says

Saheed and Navid Akram carried out, quote, a terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State,

and had traveled to ISIS-linked areas of the Philippines weeks before the shooting. Despite those

findings, Prime Minister Anthony

Albanese says there is no evidence the pair were part of a larger terror cell, though the

younger Akram had previously been questioned over ties to known extremists.

The son first came to attention in October 2019. He was examined on the basis of being associated with others, and the assessment

was made that there was no indication of any ongoing threat or threat of him engaging in violence.

What's important is that the authorities be enabled to do their work.

The two American service members killed by an ISIS gunman in Syria last week were publicly identified on Monday.

25-year-old Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres Tovar of Des Moines, Iowa, and 29-year-old Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard of Marshalltown, Iowa,

were both members of the Iowa National Guard

deployed to Syria to support counterterrorism operations. Tributes have poured in online, including

from War Secretary Hegeseth and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds, who ordered flags in Iowa to be flown

at half staff. In a statement, the governor said, Sergeant Howard and Sergeant Torres served our state and nation with honor, and in doing so, gave the ultimate sacrifice. We are grateful for their service and deeply mourn their loss.

Five men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning an Islamic terror attack on a Christmas market. Daily Wire senior editor Joel Needler has more.

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