‘Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone’ Gets Hundreds Of Complaints Amid BBC Investigation Into Hamas Links
deadline.comThe BBC has received more than 600 audience complaints about Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone, the scandal-engulfed documentary with links to the Hamas regime.
The British broadcaster’s fortnightly complaints log has revealed that it received 611 messages from viewers who felt the Hoyo Films documentary was “biased against Israel” and “failed to explore potential connections with Hamas.” Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone premiered on February 17 and chronicled the experience of children living their lives amid a brutal conflict after the events of October 7.
The film failed to declare, however, that its English-speaking narrator, Abdullah Al-Yazouri, was the son of Ayman Al-Yazouri, the deputy minister of agriculture in Gaza’s Hamas-run government.
Hoyo Films knew about Al-Yazouri’s Hamas links but did not disclose them to the BBC. The BBC has since removed Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone from iPlayer, with chairman Samir Shah describing the film as a “dagger to the heart” of the BBC’s claims to trustworthiness and impartiality.
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