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MPs call for inquiry into BBC Gaza coverage after Mail on Sunday investigation

Doctors quoted in TV reports had previously appeared to support Hamas rocket attacks on Israel

March 24, 2024 13:28
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Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis,Gaza - a few days after an Israeli raid in February (Photo by AFP via Getty Images)
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Conservative politicians are calling for an inquiry after a Mail on Sunday investigation uncovered inflammatory social media posts made by a number of doctors who were quoted as witnesses in a BBC report of an Israeli raid on a hospital in Gaza.

Earlier this month the BBC reported allegations by Palestinian medical staff that they had been abused and mistreated by Israeli troops who had entered the hospital in Khan Younis the previous month.

The Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron described the BBC report and pictures as “very disturbing”.

But the Mail on Sunday said that one of the doctors, whose testimony was cited in the BBC’s coverage, had supported attacks on Israel in posts on social media.