Overview
- BBC officials confirmed an agreement with the Horenstein family after a news team entered and filmed their Netiv HaAsara home without permission in the days after October 7.
- Middle East bureau chief Joaquin Floto apologized in a Hebrew letter, saying the crew believed consent had been granted and that no harm was intended.
- Multiple outlets report the settlement includes £28,000 (NIS 120,000) following legal action pursued in Israel.
- The crew included senior correspondent Jeremy Bowen, and footage recorded personal images from inside the wrecked property while relatives still feared for the family’s fate.
- Tzeela Horenstein said the filming deepened the family’s trauma, with coverage noting wider scrutiny of BBC editorial practices, including an Ofcom ruling on a Gaza documentary.