BBC’s Gaza documentary narrated by Hamas official’s teen son violated editorial guidelines

A BBC documentary about the Gaza war’s effect on children breached editorial guidelines — and is being probed by Britain’s media watchdog — for not disclosing that its teen narrator was the son of a Hamas official.

“Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone” breached editorial guidelines on accuracy when it aired in February because narrator Abdullah, 13, is the son of Hyman Alyazouri, deputy minister of agriculture under the terror group, a BBC internal review determined Monday. 

“The review found that the independent production company, Hoyo Films, bears most of the responsibility for the failure,” the broadcaster said Monday, while admitting it also “bore some responsibility” and should have had more oversight. 

Three Hoyo Films employees knew of Alyazouri’s ties to Hamas, but did not alert the broadcaster before the film aired, according to the BBC review.

The film company was asked in writing “a number of times” about any potential ties Abdullah and his family had to the terrorists, a BBC spokesperson told The Post in March.

Hoyo only made the revelation after the documentary was released, the rep said, adding that the production company allegedly paid the boy’s mother a “limited sum of money.”

However, the BBC said its review found no proof “to support the suggestion that the narrator’s father or family influenced the content of the program in any way.” 

After the BBC released its findings, Britain’s Office of Communications, or Ofcom, announced it would conduct its own review “under our rule which states the factual programs must not mislead the audience.”

The investigation comes just two weeks after the BBC aired an antisemitic livestream from punk-rap band Bob Vylan’s performance at the Glastonbury Festival on June 28. 

The company, which streams the annual event, later admitted that it should have cut the feed after the London-based duo spewed hateful rhetoric and urged the massive crowd to chant “Death to the IDF,” in reference to the Israel Defense Forces. 

The US pulled Bob Vylan’s visas after the stunt. The group had a 20-show American tour slated to kick off in October. 

With Post wires