The family of a top Hamas official was paid some $1,000 (£790) for his 14-year-old son to narrate a BBC documentary, the Telegraph reports.
The BBC has apologized for “serious flaws” in the making of the “Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone,” which was produced by UK company Hoyo Films, after it emerged that the child narrator was the son of Hamas’s former deputy minister of agriculture Ayman al-Yazouri.
The money was paid into a bank account belonging to the boy’s sister, the report says, noting that it was paid by Hoyo Films and not directly by the BBC.
The BBC has previously acknowledged that a payment was made, but has not disclosed the amount.
The BBC removed the documentary from its platform after a backlash and launched an immediate review into the “mistakes,” which it called “significant and damaging.”
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