Six reporters and a freelancer have been accused of anti-Israel bias with the taxpayer-funded corporation already confirming one would no longer work for the BBC.
Israel-Palestine war LIVE: British nationals 'on alert' if route out of Gaza opensThe BBC has launched an urgent investigation into some of its journalists working for its Arabic service after they appeared to back Hamas and called the attacks on Israel 'a morning of hope'.
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis investigation accused seven reporters - Mahmoud Sheleib, senior broadcast journalist; Aya Hossam, broadcast journalist; Sally Nabil, correspondent; Salma Khattab, based in Cairo; Sanaa Khouri, the Beirut-based religious affairs correspondent; Nada Abdelsamad, a Beirut-based programmes editor; and Egypt All Sports, a company run by Amr Fekry, a sports correspondent and pundit at BBC Arabic.
READ MORE: Tim Davie tells BBC staff to 'speak up whenever you need to' as broadcaster faces backlash for refusing to call Hamas terrorists Advertisement A BBC spokesman said: 'We are urgently investigating this matter. We take allegations of breaches of our editorial and social media guidelines with the utmost seriousness, and if and when we find breaches we will act, including taking disciplinary action.
'They constantly claim that they apply the same editorial standards of accuracy and impartiality to their services in all languages, including those with which BBC management is not familiar and can't oversee properly, such as Arabic,' the spokesman told The Telegraph. Salma Khattab is based in Cairo for BBC News and has been accused of liking messages on social media appearing to describe Hamas as 'freedom fighters'
Other senior ministers, including Foreign Secretary James Cleverly and Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer, have been among those expressing concern about the BBC's position.
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