The British broadcaster was found to have committed a "major breach" of media regulations by not revealing that the voice of a documentary about the Gaza situation was the son of a Hamas representative, according to British broadcasting authority Ofcom.
An investigation by the media regulator into the documentary titled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has concluded that the film was "significantly deceptive".
The chief executive of the broadcaster had previously apologised, saying there had been "a major oversight in relation to accuracy".
The regulator has directed the broadcaster to air a evening statement about its decisions.
"Given this constitutes a serious breach of our rules, we are ordering the corporation to transmit a statement of our findings against it on BBC2 at 21:00, with a date to be confirmed," the regulator stated.
'Risk to Erode Credibility'
The regulator's report stated: "Our investigation concluded that the documentary's failure to disclose that the voice's parent occupied a role in the Hamas-run administration was substantially inaccurate.
"This implied that the public did not have critical information which may have been very significant to their judgment of the voice and the content he shared.
"Trust is at the heart of the relationship between a media organization and its viewers, especially for a national broadcasting corporation such as the British Broadcasting Corporation.
"This error had the potential to erode the significantly high levels of confidence that the public would have put in a factual film from the broadcaster about the Israel-Gaza war."
The film was pulled from the online platform in the month of February after the boy's familial connections emerged, and in this past July an corporation's own inquiry found it breached the organization's editorial guidelines on truthfulness.
A BBC spokesperson stated: "The regulator's decision is in accordance with the findings of the internal assessment, that there was a major oversight in the film in relation to the corporation's content standards on truthfulness, which corresponds to regulation 2.2 of the regulator's media standards.
"We expressed regret for this and we agree with the regulator's ruling in full. We will adhere to the directive as soon as the date and wording are confirmed."
