The identity of the unsung hero who ran in to help confront one of the Bondi Beach shooters alongside Ahmed al Ahmed has been revealed as 30-year-old Israeli Gefen Bitton.
When shooting began on Sunday evening, Bitton and his friend fled. But when his friend turned around to look for him, he was nowhere to be seen.
"He knew exactly what he was doing, he was just set on a mission to help others," another one of Bitton's friends, Matthew Volpatti, told 9News.
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The 30-year-old had sprinted towards danger, alongside Ahmed al-Ahmed, in an attempt to stop the attack.
Shortly after, Bitton's sister in Israel called his friend and said that Bitton called her and said he had been shot.
There was no information on his whereabouts, and his friends travelled to Bondi, trying to find any information about whether he had survived the shooting.
He was eventually found at a hospital, already in surgery for the gunshot wounds he sustained in the attack.
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Bitton was eventually identified after his father, who had flown from Israel, recognised him as the man in a red shirt seen in viral footage running in to help Ahmed al Ahmed, who famously disarmed one of the shooters.
Bitton was shot three times and remains in critical condition at St Vincent's Hospital after five rounds of surgery.
His loved ones are raising money for his medical expenses.
"He's got a long road to recovery," Volpatti said.
"He's just a young man come from overseas to have a better life in Australia, and he's gonna need everyone's support."
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