BBC review finds ‘serious flaws’ on Gaza documentary

The BBC has apologized and accepted the “serious flaws” in creating a documentary about the life of children in Gaza.

Documentary, Gaza: How to Surviv -e -War Zone, was drawn from the iPlayer last week, when it was the son of a Hamas officer after the 13 -year -old narrator emerged.

It said that “there is no plan to repeat the program again in its current form or return it to the iPlayer”.

Hoyo Films, the production company making documentary for the BBC, said that it felt that it is “important to hear from the voices that have not been represented onscreen throughout the war with dignity and respect”.

The company said that it “was fully collaborating” with the BBC helps to understand where the mistakes have been made “.

BBC The documentary was removed after raising concerns It was focused on a boy named Abdullah, who is the son of the Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Hamas. Hamas is prosecuted as a terrorist organization by the UK and others.

It also launched a review in the film, and the BBC board met first to discuss it on Thursday.

In the statement, a BBC spokesperson said that both the production company and the BBC created “unacceptable” flaws and “takes full responsibility for these effects on these and the reputation of the corporation”.

It said that the BBC was not already informed about the family connection of the teenager by the film’s production company.

The spokesperson says: “During the production process, the independent production company was asked several times by the BBC that he and his family could be with Hamas.

“Since the transmission, he admitted that he knew that the boy’s father was a Deputy Agriculture Minister in the Hamas government; he has also admitted that he never told the BBC the fact.

“It was then the BBC’s own failure that we did not expose that fact and the documentary was broadcast.”

Hoyo Films has told the corporation that he paid a “limited amount” to the young boy’s mother to narrate the film through his sister’s bank account, the BBC’s statement said.

It said that Hoyo assured the BBC that “no payment was made” either straight, different or as a gift to any member of Hamas or his colleagues, and it is demanding “additional assurance” around the budget of the program.

In his statement, Hoyo said: “We think an important story remains to tell, and that our contributors – who have no to say in the war – should be heard.”

A full audit of the film will be done by the BBC, and it will ask for the relevant financial accounts of the Hoyo films so that it can be done.

The BBC spokesperson said that the incident had “damaged” confidence in the corporation’s journalism – and “the processes and execution of this program were reduced by our expectations”.

He said that the Director General of BBC had asked for complaints “to accelerate the editorial grievance unit, which is different from the BBC news”.

A separate statement by the BBC Board states: “The subject of the documentary was a valid area to clearly find out, but there is nothing more important than trust and transparency in our journalism. While the board appreciates that mistakes can be made, mistakes here are important and harmful to BBC.”

The Prime Minister Kir Stmper was asked about the film during a press conference with US President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying he was “worried” about it, saying that “the state secretary had a meeting with the BBC”.

Earlier this week, BBC Was criticized to pull the program By more than 500 media data including Gary Linekar, Anita Rani and Riz Ahmed.