15-05-2025
BBC faces questions over Gaza ‘analyst' who led Hamas TV channel
The BBC is investigating claims that a 'journalist' regularly interviewed about the conflict in Gaza was the boss of a television channel controlled by Hamas.
Wesam Afifa has repeatedly appeared on the BBC Arabic channel described as a 'journalistic writer' and 'political analyst', it is claimed.
Afifa was the editor-in-chief of Al-Aqsa TV, which the BBC has described as being controlled by Hamas, from 2017 until September last year.
He was also editor-in-chief of the al-Resalah news website, which is closely associated with Hamas, from January 2006 to September last year. He continues to write for the service, according to his professional profile.
Afifa was most recently introduced as 'a journalistic author' by Akram Shaban, the BBC presenter, during an interview on May 2 in
