The BBC ignored an internal request to correct a false claim that a Palestinian journalist killed by Israel was a Hamas operative, according to a Novara Media report.
BBC Global News reportedly sent an "essential amendment and correction" request on 18 August to around 1,200 BBC journalists regarding a BBC News report about prominent Al Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif, who was killed in Gaza in early August.
It highlighted a line in the report saying that "The BBC understands Sharif did some work with a Hamas media team in Gaza before the current war."
A targeted Israeli strike killed Sharif on 10 August along with Al Jazeera journalists Mohammed Qreiqeh, Mohammed Noufal and Ibrahim Zaher, as well as freelance journalists Moamen Aliwa and Mohammed al-Khaldi.
Israel said Sharif was "head of a Hamas terrorist cell" but provided no serious evidence for the claim, which Al Jazeera has strenuously denied.
