A man has been charged over his alleged “offensive” behaviour on a footbridge at the centre of the Bondi Beach massacre.

About 3pm on Friday, police received complaints about the actions of a man on Campbell Parade bridge, which overlooks the beach in Sydney’s east.

Police were told a 53-year-old man allegedly hung a flag from the bridge and performed offensive hand gestures.

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Unverified images shared on social media depict a man standing on the bridge above what appears to be a Palestinian flag.

Police did not detail what the alleged offensive hand gestures consisted of.

The man was arrested at the scene and taken to Surry Hills Police Station.

He was charged with behaving in an offensive manner in or near a public place or school and denied police bail to face bail court on Saturday.

The Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin condemned the alleged behaviour at the Bondi Beach attack site.

“Whether this is an act of evil or deep mental sickness it serves to remind the nation that there are people out there who delight in the torment and pain of our community,” he said.

“It also shows that many who take up that flag are motivated not by a love of Palestinians but a hatred of Jews. We have to maintain vigilance.

“As we have already seen, one day it’s a flag, the next it’s a gun.”

Previous incident at massacre site

It is not the first time police have responded to an alleged incident on the footbridge since it was used in the Bondi Beach shootings of December 2025.

In January, Zayne Jason William McMillan, 23, was seen pretending to hold a long-arm rifle at the site of the mass shooting.

The man was heard to yell “f*** the Jews” before going on to intimidate two Jewish men in front of their children during a 20-minute racist tirade.

He was jailed for a year after pleading guilty to three counts of offensive language and two counts of intimidation.

Fifteen lives were lost during the December 14 attack after gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration.

It marked Australia’s worst mass shooting in almost three decades.

Sydney's Campbell Parade pedestrian bridge was at the centre of the Bondi Beach massacre. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS) Credit: AAP

Debate over footbridge’s future

In the weeks after the attack, local councillors debated whether to remove the bridge or keep it as a tribute to the victims.

NSW Premier Chris Minns said victims and their families should have the final say on the bridge, but believed it would be better if it were knocked down.

“I’d just hate it to be a ghoulish reminder or even exploited by reprehensible people in the future,” he told reporters in Sydney one month after the attack.