On June 4, the BBC defended its coverage of a deadly incident near a Gaza aid center, where Israel killed several Palestinians. This came after the White House accused the broadcaster of accepting “the word of Hamas.”
The Trump administration accused the BBC corporation of misrepresenting its journalism and taking “the word of Hamas.” The dispute followed a fatal incident near a U.S.-backed food distribution site, where Gaza's civil defense agency reported that Israeli gunfire killed at least 31 Palestinians on Sunday.
While the Israeli military denied targeting civilians near the aid center, both the army and the center’s administrator blamed Hamas for spreading false claims. In response to questions about the incident, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized the BBC’s reporting, accusing the broadcaster of taking “the word of Hamas with total truth.”
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the administration is aware of the reports and is verifying their accuracy, stressing that, unlike some media outlets, they do not treat Hamas’s statements as fact. Leavitt displayed a printout of BBC digital articles during her briefing and claimed the broadcaster altered its headline over Gaza coverage.
She criticized the BBC for publishing multiple headlines with varying death tolls, saying, they had to correct and take down their entire story, saying “We reviewed the footage and couldn't find...
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