BBC Admits Including Hamas Terrorists in Civilian Gaza Death Count

Published on April 26, 2024

The BBC has admitted that its reporting of civilian fatalities in the Gaza Strip was inaccurate because it included the deaths of Hamas terrorists. The broadcaster’s Executive Complaints Unit (ECU) upheld a viewer’s complaint regarding a “News at Ten” bulletin on Jan. 14, with the network admitting on Thursday that “the result fell below the BBC’s standards of accuracy.” Two minutes into the bulletin covering a vigil held in Tel Aviv to mark the 100th day since the start of the Israel–Hamas war, the reporter said, “And the number of civilians killed in Gaza has been huge—very nearly 24,000 dead, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry, many of them women and children.”...