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MPs call for independent investigation into BBC Gaza documentary

Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has demanded the BBC conduct an ‘comprehensive, rigorous’ review

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

MPs have called for an independent investigation into the production of a controversial BBC documentary about Gaza (Image: Getty)

Freed hostage Eli Sharabi has revealed the abuse he suffered at the hands of Hamas (Image: Channel 12)

Hostages

‘You dream about food every day’ –freed hostage Eli Sharabi reveals the abuse he suffered in Gaza

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

The broadcaster's board met on Thursday and released a statement recognising that “significant and damaging” errors had been made in its Gaza documentary (credit: BBC)

BBC

BBC apologises for ‘flaws’ in Gaza documentary, including paying family with Hamas links

By Imogen Garfinkel

3 min read

Green Party

Green Party stands by councillor who shared Hamas video

By Lorin Bell-Cross

3 min read

(Clockwise from top left) Tsachi Idan, Ohad Yahalomi, Shlomo Mantzur and Itzik Elgarat (Pictures: X)

Hostages

Bodies of four hostages identified after return from Gaza

By JC Reporter

3 min read

Israel

Israel will not withdraw from Philadelphi Corridor despite ceasefire deal, official claims

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

Hamas

Hamas ‘regrouping military forces’ in expectation of return to Gaza war

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

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Golden towers, sports cars and bearded belly dancers: Trump posts bizarre Gaza AI video

The US president posted the clip on Truth Social in the early hours of Wednesday morning

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

February 26, 2025 14:38

The AI-generated video published on Trump's platform Truth Social shows the US president and Benjamin Netanyahu lounging shirtless by a pool in a redeveloped Gaza

BBC accused of ‘whitewashing Gazan antisemitism’ over translations in dropped documentary

The film edited out references to ‘Jews’ and ‘Jihad’ when translating interviews from Arabic, according to critics

By Lorin Bell-Cross

2 min read

February 26, 2025 13:02

Critics have accused the BBC of mistranslating segments in a recent documentary to remove interviewees' alleged antisemitism (Image: Getty)

Hamas expected to release the bodies of four more hostages tonight

Egypt will oversee the transfer of the bodies returning to Israel

By Joshua Marks

2 min read

February 26, 2025 12:46

Top row (L-R) Tsahi Idan and Ohad Yahalomi; Bottom row (L-R) Itzik Elgarat and Shlomo Mantzur (Pictures: X)

Protesters call on BBC to ‘stop whitewashing terrorism’ following ‘propaganda’ Gaza documentary

Demontrators carried placards accusing the broadcaster of being the spokeperson for ‘terrorists’

By Imogen Garfinkel

2 min read

February 26, 2025 12:37

The rally outside the BBC's London headquarters was organised by the Campaign Against Antisemitism (Photo: CAA)

By Yonatan Green

The Israeli judiciary could torpedo Trump’s Gaza resettlement plan

The Supreme Court may rely on a range of tactics it previously used when trying to sink government policies it disfavoured

3 min read

February 25, 2025 15:31

Aerial view of Israel's Supreme Court building (Image: Flash90)

Israel will expand kibbutzim into Gaza unless all hostages are returned this week, claims Smotrich

The far-right Finance Minister said that seized land would ‘remain in our hands forever’ and called for the resettlement of ‘10,000 Gazans a day’ to ‘empty’ the Strip

By Canaan Lidor

2 min read

February 25, 2025 12:26

Far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich has claimed that Israel will expand its kibbutzim into Gaza if the hostages are not returned by Saturday (Image: Getty)

Bibas family to hold private funeral for slain hostages Shiri, Ariel and Kfir

Eulogies at the ceremony near Kibbutz Nir Oz may be livestreamed after the family became a symbol of hostage suffering

By Ellie Grant

3 min read

February 24, 2025 11:06

Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel (Picture: Flash90)

Fatah will ‘integrate’ freed Palestinian prisoners into ‘national frameworks’

The party, which controls the Palestinian Authority, is reportedly being lined up to govern Gaza as part of the unfolding ceasefire deal.

By JC Reporter

2 min read

February 24, 2025 10:43

Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party has pledged to 'integrate' freed Palestinian prisoners into its 'national frameworks' (Image: Getty)

BBC accused of ‘whitewashing’ Hamas propaganda following Bibas body release

An insider told the JC that the corporation’s reporting raises ‘serious questions’ that need to be addressed.

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

February 21, 2025 18:31

BBC correspondent Paul Adams has been criticised for his social media posts and a recent report on the release of slain Israeli hostages (Photo: BBC)

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Gaza

MPs call for independent investigation into BBC Gaza documentary

‘You dream about food every day’ –freed hostage Eli Sharabi reveals the abuse he suffered in Gaza

BBC apologises for ‘flaws’ in Gaza documentary, including paying family with Hamas links

Green Party stands by councillor who shared Hamas video

Bodies of four hostages identified after return from Gaza

Israel will not withdraw from Philadelphi Corridor despite ceasefire deal, official claims

Hamas ‘regrouping military forces’ in expectation of return to Gaza war

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