US EditionBBC settles with Oct 7 attack survivors after filming their destroyed home ‘without permission’
The BBC paid £28,000 after filming inside the Horenstein family’s home in Netiv HaAsara without consent following the Oct 7 Hamas attack, marking a rare media settlement.
- On Jan 2 the BBC announced a settlement, paying 28,000 and issuing an apology to the Horenstein family in Israel.
- A BBC crew led by senior correspondent Jeremy Bowen entered the Horenstein family’s home in Netiv HaAsara days after the Oct 7 attacks and filmed personal children’s photos without permission.
- The Horensteins survived when their door twisted and jammed as Hamas-led militants abducted 251 people and killed around 1,200 during the Oct 7 attacks.
- Ofcom previously sanctioned the BBC last year over its Gaza documentary for failing to disclose a narrator's links to Hamas, and BBC director general Tim Davie resigned in November amid the controversy.
- Tzeela Horenstein recalled the crew entering 'with a camera as a weapon' without consent, saying it was another intrusion that took what the Horenstein family still controlled, raising concerns about press conduct in war zones.
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BBC Pays Israeli Family After Unauthorized Filming Following October 7 Attack
The BBC has settled with an Israeli family that survived the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack, after a news crew from the network entered their heavily damaged home without authorization and filmed inside the residence in the days following the massacre. A BBC team, which included International Editor Jeremy Bowen, entered the family's home in the community of Netiv HaAsara on the Gaza Strip border and filmed inside the property, including persona…
BBC reaches settlement with family for filming in their home after October 7 without
British broadcaster agrees to pay £28,000 to Hornstein family after crew led by senior correspondent Jeremy Bowen entered their damaged home in southern Israel without consent days after Hamas massacre
The BBC paid about $37,700 a family in Israel who survived the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, after a film team entered their destroyed apartment, reports...
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