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Gaza: Doctors Under Attack: Powerful documentary exposes Israel's deliberate targeting of medics

Very rarely is a documentary steeped in controversy before even being aired.

But 'Gaza: Doctors Under Attack', produced by Basement Films, was until less than two weeks ago supposed to be broadcast by the BBC.

But on 20 June, Britain's public broadcaster announced, after a long series of delays, that it had dropped the film.

"We have come to the conclusion that broadcasting this material risked creating a perception of partiality that would not meet the high standards that the public rightly expect of the BBC," it said in a statement.

The BBC, however, failed to explain why the film would have not met these "high standards."

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Palestinian men carry the bodies of children killed earlier in the day in an Israeli strike in Gaza City, during a funeral precession from Baptist Hospital to a cemetery, on July 2, 2025 (AFP)
Palestinian men carry the bodies of children killed earlier in the day in an Israeli strike in Gaza City, during a funeral precession from Baptist Hospital to a cemetery, on July 2, 2025 (AFP)