Gaza Strip

July 7, 2025

Behind the BBC’s ‘400 aid distribution points’ narrative

Last week the head of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) criticised a claim made in a report by ...

July 3, 2025

BBC journalists promote anonymous unverified claims from Ha’aretz

On June 27th BBC Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega put out the following social media post: The...

July 1, 2025

What was the focus of BBC reporting on the Gaza Strip in June 2025?

In early June we documented the BBC’s extensive reporting of a story that had not actually happene...

June 29, 2025

BBC partly corrects misrepresentation of number of hostages

Last week we documented a BBC News website report which misrepresented the number of hostages still ...

June 26, 2025

BBC News yet again uncritically promotes unauthenticated UN claims

While the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page content has in recent days focused mainly on e...

June 25, 2025

Omission and inaccuracy in BBC report on recovery of hostages’ bodies

June 22nd saw the appearance of a BBC News website report which currently goes under the headline â€...

June 19, 2025

More BBC promotion of Hamas aid claims and messaging

On June 17th the BBC News website published a report by Sebastian Usher and Rushdi Abualouf titled â...

June 13, 2025

BBC can’t verify a Hamas tunnel visited by international journalists

Previously we discussed BBC coverage of the May 13th strikes adjacent to – rather than ‘on’ â€...

June 12, 2025

Looking behind the titles of two BBC sources in the Gaza Strip

On June 3rd the BBC News website published a report by Tom Bennett titled “At least 27 Palestinian...

June 9, 2025

BBC corrects ‘500 trucks’ claim in two languages

Last month we noted the BBC’s repeated promotion – including by its fact checking department...