BBC pulls Gaza documentary that starred Hamas official’s son

We all know the BBC is biased and is one of the many outlets who have spent the last year and a half casually promoting Hamas propaganda as cold hard fact. But even the BBC isn't blind enough to promote a documentary titled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone that was narrated by a son of a Hamas leader ...

... Right?

Wrong.

The BBC was widely slammed for this taxpayer-funded production, leading to the broadcaster having to backtrack and pull the documentary while it "carries out further due diligence."

The BBC has removed a documentary about Gaza from its iPlayer streaming service while it carries out 'further due diligence' after discovering its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a Hamas official.

Investigative journalist David Collier also pointed out on GB News that these "catastrophic mistakes" were ridiculously easy to uncover.

The documentary aired at nine o'clock on Monday evening, so I knew there was a problem at about 8:59. I mean, it's a BBC documentary so I know there's going to be a problem with it.

This was a bit tongue-in-cheek. In reality, it took Collier about three hours to uncover the truth. This was partially because he'd seen this narrator kid on another documentary on Channel 4 a few weeks ago. The kid had a different dad in that story, so it took him a while to uncover the facts. Eventually, he found that this was the 13-year-old son of Senior Hamas official Ayman Al Yazouri.

Later, Collier celebrated the removal of the documentary, declaring "Victory!"

There are two options here, and both are really bad. Either the BBC knew that the child's lineage tied directly into a leadership position within a terrorist organization — then why was this information not disclosed to the public? — or they didn't know, showing that they couldn't even be bothered to do a basic background check.

Here's a snippet from the film:

In response to Collier's exposé and the ensuing media firestorm, the BBC initially claimed that the production company, Hoyo Films, hadn't revealed the Hamas connection. But that clarification quickly fell apart under the weight of further outcry — including a letter of complaint signed by dozens of prominent Jewish media figures and stern remarks from UK government ministers.

Minister for Culture, Media and Sport Lisa Nandy made her stance clear on LBC Radio. After watching the documentary herself, she described the sourcing process as "absolutely shocking" and pledged to confront BBC leadership about their handling of issues related to Israel, Gaza, and antisemitism. Meanwhile, on GB News, Israel's deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel called the documentary "pure propaganda."

The Times also reported that BBC director-general Tim Davie and chairman Samir Shah are set to demand answers from their staff this week: staff that, again, are paid by the British taxpayer.