BBC pulls Gaza documentary featuring child whose father was Hamas minister

<p>Corporation removes show from iPlayer to carry out ‘further due diligence’ after admitting boy is son of Hamas minister</p><p>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.</p><p>A statement from the BBC said: “<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/17/gaza-how-to-survive-a-warzone-bbc-documentary-children">Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone</a> features important stories we think should be told, those of the experiences of children in Gaza.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2025/feb/21/bbc-pulls-gaza-documentary-iplayer-hamas">Continue reading...</a>