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.
- The BBC has reached a settlement with an Israeli family who survived the October 7 Hamas attacks after its journalists filmed their damaged home without permission.
- The BBC paid a financial settlement of £28,000 to the family, as reported by Jewish News.
- The family expressed feeling that 'everything that was still under our control had been taken from us' after the incident.
- A BBC spokesperson stated they were pleased to have reached an agreement in the case, but they generally do not comment on specific legal issues.
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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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