Corporation removes show from iPlayer to carry out ‘further due diligence’ after admitting boy is son of Hamas minister. A BBC documentary about Gaza has been pulled from BBC iPlayer while the corporation conducts “further due diligence”, following the broadcaster admitting a child featured was the son of a man who has worked as Hamas’s deputy minister of agriculture.
A statement from the BBC said: “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone features important stories we think should be told, those of the experiences of children in Gaza. “There have been continuing questions raised about the programme and in the light of these, we are conducting further due diligence with the production company. The programme will not be available on iPlayer while this is taking place.”.
