SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The deadly attack on a Jewish festival at a famed Australian beach ‌has ​deepened diplomatic tensions between Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his ‌Israeli counterpart, as domestic pressure mounted for his government to respond to antisemitism.

Local media name the older gunman as Sajid Akram, 50, who died at the scene. His son Naveed Akram, 24, is in a critical condition in hospital.

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Australia signalled plans for tougher gun laws on Monday as the country began mourning victims of its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years, in which a father and son duo killed 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach.

President Trump mourned the victims of the tragic shootings at Brown University and Bondi Beach in Australia — as well as the killing of three US soldiers in Syria — during a White House Christmas event Sunday.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a phone call with Australian foreign minister Penny Wong on Monday to "discuss the antisemitic terrorist attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach", the US State Department's spokesperson Tommy Pigott said in a statement. The statement also said the US "strongly condemns the heinous terrorist attack".

Once again, Jewish people were targeted and attacked on a major religious holiday, marking the latest escalation in an antisemitism epidemic.

The deadly attack targeting a Jewish community event at Australia's Bondi Beach dominates the front pages of Monday's papers.

Hollywood stars Gal Gadot, Ashton Kutcher and Rebel Wilson react to tragic Sydney shooting during Hanukkah celebration that killed 16 people on first night of Jewish holiday.