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The Guardian - UK
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Nadeem Badshah

Channel 4 News featured son of Hamas official used in BBC Gaza documentary

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Channel 4 News said it was taking the use of the footage ‘very seriously’. Photograph: Lewis Whyld/PA

Channel 4 News featured the son of a Hamas official in its Gaza coverage, the same teenager who narrated a controversial BBC documentary on the conflict, it has emerged.

The news programme used footage of Abdullah al-Yazouri without initially disclosing he was the son of Ayman al-yazouri, the deputy agriculture minister in Gaza’s Hamas-run government.

Channel 4 News reported on one occasion that Abdullah was selling chocolate on the streets of Rafah to “help support his family”, according to The Telegraph.

Abdullah narrated the BBC’s documentary Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone which was pulled from the iPlayer after details of his family background emerged, with the corporation’s board last week apologising for “significant and damaging” mistakes.

In a statement on Monday, Channel 4 News said no payments were made to Abdullah or his family and the boy did not feature in Channel 4 News’s award-winning coverage, including the International Emmy, RTS, Bafta, British Journalism Awards, or Broadcast Awards.

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