BBC Admits It Was “Wrong To Speculate” That Israel Was Behind Gaza Hospital Blast
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: The BBC has said it was “wrong to speculate” on who was responsible for the devastating blast at a Gaza City hospital amid internal unrest over its coverage of the tragedy.
After initially defending a report on BBC News channel show The Context, the corporation has now conceded that a journalist should not have speculated that Israel was behind the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital attack on Tuesday night.
The blast, which killed hundreds of people, has been fiercely contested. Hamas-controlled Palestinian authorities in Gaza blamed Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “barbaric terrorists” in Gaza attacked the hospital. Jon Donnison, an experienced BBC correspondent, told viewers: “It’s hard to see what else this could be really given the size of the explosion other than an Israeli air strike or several air strikes.” The comments prompted a political outcry in the UK, with former culture secretary Nadine Dorries accusing the BBC of being a “propagandist” for Hamas.
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