The documentary Gaza: Doctors Under Attack, which the BBC declined to broadcast before it was later aired by Channel 4, has won a Bafta TV Award, renewing criticism of the broadcaster’s coverage of Israel’s war on Gaza.
The film documents attacks on Gaza’s healthcare system and follows Palestinian doctors working under Israeli bombardment.
During the acceptance speech, executive producer Ben De Pear challenged the BBC, asking: “Given that you dropped our film, will you drop us from the Bafta screening later tonight?” The broadcaster had originally commissioned the documentary before shelving it over concerns it could create a “perception of partiality”.
Journalist Ramita Navai told the audience that Israeli occupation forces had targeted Gaza’s hospitals throughout the war, adding that more than 1,700 Palestinian healthcare workers had been killed and hundreds detained. “These are the findings the BBC paid for and refused to show,” she said.
The controversy has fuelled wider criticism from journalists and pro-Palestine campaigners who accuse major Western broadcasters of sidelining Palestinian perspectives during the ongoing Israeli War on Gaza.
Source : Safa News
