Previously we discussed aspects of a report by Jack Burgess which was originally published on the BBC News website’s ‘Middle East’ page on November 2^nd and which currently goes under the headline “Gaza polio vaccinations to resume after WHO reports attack on clinic”:

HOURS AFTER CLARIFICATION, BBC NEWS WEBSITE PROMOTES FALSE HAMAS CLAIM

The day after its original appearance under a different headline, that report was amended to promote claims concerning a supposed attack on a clinic. As we noted at the time:

“In other words, over fifteen hours after the IDF Spokesman had clarified that Israeli forces did not carry out that “strike on the Sheikh Radwan clinic”, the BBC nevertheless decided to promote second hand Hamas claims concerning “an Israeli quadcopter” along with the talking points of two UN agencies.”

Four days later, on the afternoon of November 7^th, the BBC News website published a report by Joe Inwood which is now titled “Palestinians leave Gaza in rare medical evacuation” and which includes the following: [emphasis added]

“On Saturday [November 2^nd – Ed], the WHO and other UN agencies set out to administer vaccines in Gaza City, after being forced to postpone the rollout in the north of the territory last month because of Israeli bombardment, mass displacement and lack of access.

The three-day operation was briefly interrupted by an attack on a hospital. The WHO did not say who was behind the strike, but local medical staff blamed an Israeli quadcopter. The...

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