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flag The BBC was fined for not disclosing that a child narrator in a Gaza documentary is the son of a former Hamas official.

flag The UK's broadcasting regulator Ofcom has fined the BBC for a serious breach of rules over its 2024 documentary "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone," citing failure to disclose that the child narrator, Abdullah, is the son of a former Hamas deputy minister. flag The omission, which Ofcom deemed materially misleading, undermined audience trust in the BBC’s factual reporting on the Israel-Gaza conflict. flag The documentary, produced by Hoyo Films, was pulled from BBC iPlayer in February after the connection emerged. flag The BBC acknowledged the error, accepted the sanction, and agreed to broadcast Ofcom’s findings, marking the first such penalty since 2017.

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