Overview
- White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on June 3 that the BBC treated Hamas casualty claims as “total truth” in its Gaza coverage.
- A BBC spokesperson explained that its headlines on the Rafah aid centre incident were revised throughout Sunday with fatality figures attributed to medics, the Hamas-run health ministry and the Red Cross.
- The broadcaster rejected the claim that it removed or corrected any story, emphasizing that all updates were part of routine reporting protocols.
- US officials have opened an inquiry into reports that Israeli forces shot Palestinians waiting for food at the Gaza aid distribution point.
- A separate BBC Verify report determined that a viral video purportedly showing the incident was unrelated, and the corporation reiterated its call for unfettered journalist access to Gaza.