The BBC committed a "significant breach" of broadcasting rules by not revealing that the presenter of a programme about the Gaza situation was the child of a Hamas representative, according to UK media regulator Ofcom.
An probe by Ofcom into the documentary titled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has determined that the programme was "substantially inaccurate".
The chief executive of the broadcaster had previously apologised, noting there had been "a significant failing in relation to accuracy".
The regulator has ordered the corporation to broadcast a prime-time statement about its conclusions.
"As this represents a significant violation of our regulations, we are ordering the BBC to broadcast a announcement of our determinations against it on BBC2 at 21:00, with a date to be confirmed," it said.
'Risk to Undermine Credibility'
The watchdog's announcement stated: "The inquiry we conducted found that the film's failure to disclose that the narrator's father occupied a post in the Hamas-controlled authority was significantly deceptive.
"This implied that the public did not have critical information which may have been extremely pertinent to their evaluation of the voice and the details he provided.
"Credibility is at the center of the bond between a television network and its public, notably for a state-funded media outlet such as the BBC.
"This error had the possibility to undermine the significantly high amounts of confidence that audiences would have invested in a documentary produced by the BBC about the Gaza conflict."
The film was withdrawn from iPlayer in February after the presenter's family links came to light, and in this past July an internal BBC review determined it violated the corporation's content policies on truthfulness.
A corporation official stated: "The Ofcom ruling is in agreement with the results of the corporation's inquiry, that there was a major oversight in the film in relation to the corporation's content standards on accuracy, which corresponds to Rule 2.2 of the authority's broadcasting regulations.
"We expressed regret for this and we comply with the regulator's ruling in full. We will comply with the directive as soon as the timing and language are determined."
