The airing of a Hamas-linked documentary is a “dagger to the heart” of the BBC’s credibility, the chairperson of the partially government-funded UK broadcaster admitted to Parliament. The controversial “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone” told the story of Israel’s incursion into the enclave through the eyes of Palestinian children and was narrated by 13-year-old Abdullah al-Yazouri — the son of a Hamas deputy minister.

BBC boss ‘not ruling out’ controversial Gaza documentary returning to iPlayer - The corporation removed the documentary from the BBC’s on demand service after it emerged that the child narrator is the son of a Hamas official.

The session on Tuesday morning was already scheduled as part of the committee’s ongoing scrutiny into the work of the corporation.

Gary Lineker, Anita Rani, Riz Ahmed and Miriam Margolyes are among more than 500 media figures who have criticised the BBC's decision to pull a documentary about children's lives in Gaza.

How to Survive a War Zone” continues to rumble on. The documentary was pulled from the BBC streaming service iPlayer two weeks ago after concerns were raised following the revelation that its 13-year-old narrator was the son of a deputy agricultural minister in Gaza’s Hamas-run government.

BBC chair Samir Shah admitted the network having to pull its Gaza documentary was "a really, really bad moment" and "a dagger to the heart" of BBC, according to multiple media reports. Shah spoke about the project to the U.

Tim Davie said no one needs "any prodding" on an independent investigation into the BBC's scandal-hit Gaza documentary, in which one of the young Palestinian boys was found to have ties to Hamas.