đź”— Share this article BBC Gaza Film Ruled a 'Major' Breach of Media Rules, Declares Ofcom The public service broadcaster was found to have committed a "major breach" of broadcasting rules by not revealing that the presenter of a film about Gaza was the offspring of a Hamas administrator, as determined by UK media regulator Ofcom. An investigation by the broadcasting watchdog into the programme Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has concluded that the programme was "materially misleading". The BBC's director general had previously apologised, saying there had been "a serious error in relation to accuracy". The regulator has instructed the broadcaster to air a evening declaration about its decisions. "As this represents a major infringement of our code, we are directing the broadcaster to air a announcement of our determinations against it on the BBC's second channel at nine o'clock in the evening, with a timing to be determined," it said. 'Risk to Damage Trust' The regulator's report stated: "Our investigation found that the programme's lack of disclosure that the voice's parent occupied a role in the Hamas-administered government was materially misleading. "This implied that the public did not have essential details which may have been highly relevant to their assessment of the voice and the information he shared. "Credibility is at the core of the bond between a media organization and its public, notably for a state-funded media outlet such as the British Broadcasting Corporation. "This error had the potential to damage the significantly high degrees of confidence that the public would have invested in a BBC factual programme about the conflict in Gaza." The documentary was removed from the online platform in February after the narrator's familial connections came to light, and in the month of July an corporation's own inquiry concluded it violated the organization's content policies on truthfulness. A corporation official commented: "The authority's determination is in accordance with the findings of Peter Johnston's review, that there was a significant failing in the documentary in relation to the corporation's content standards on truthfulness, which aligns with regulation 2.2 of Ofcom's Broadcasting Code. "We issued an apology for this and we agree with Ofcom's decision in its entirety. We will follow the sanction as soon as the schedule and language are confirmed."