The decision to remove the film follows a group of 45 Jewish television executives, which includes former BBC content chief Danny Cohen and J.K. Rowling’s agent Neil Blair, writing a second letter to the corporation raising further questions about How To Survive a Warzone, including that two other children featured have Hamas links.

The BBC has pulled its Gaza documentary from streaming platform iPlayer after revelations that its teenage narrator is the son of a Hamas official.

"We are conducting further due diligence with the production company," the BBC says of "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone"

The BBC “had not been informed of this information” by the independent producers behind the doc, the corporation added, following backlash from dozens of senior entertainment figures including former BBC controller Danny Cohen, J.K. Rowling’s agent Neil Blair, agent Anita Land and ex- Got Talent commissioner Claudia Rosencrantz.

Broadcaster defends Gaza documentary but removes it for 'due diligence' after criticism for failing to disclose alleged Hamas family link - Anadolu Ajansı

The BBC has decided to take down a controversial documentary about Gaza from BBC iPlayer while the broadcaster carries out “further due diligence with the production company”.Earlier this week, the corporation apologised after it emerged that the film’s child narrator is the son of Ayman Alyazouri,

The broadcaster has been criticised for Gaza: How To Survive A War Zone, which centred on a 13-year-old boy who is the son of Hamas's deputy minister of agriculture. Hamas is proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the UK, Israel and others.

The BBC has removed a controversial Gaza documentary from iPlayer while it carries out "further due diligence" with the production company. The programme, "Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone", aired on BBC Two on Monday and featured children's experiences in the heavily-bombarded territory.