"Nov 15 (Reuters) – The Israeli military said its forces were carrying out an operation on Wednesday against Hamas within Gaza’s biggest hospital, Al Shifa.

In a statement, the military said: “Based on intelligence information and an operational necessity, IDF forces are carrying out a precise and targeted operation against Hamas in a specified area in the Shifa Hospital.”

The military said: “The IDF forces include medical teams and Arabic speakers, who have undergone specified training to prepare for this complex and sensitive environment, with the intent that no harm is caused to the civilians."

Just minutes afterwards this is what the BBC put out.

"At this moment we are hearing from Reuters, that is reporting that Israel – it says its forces are carrying out an operation against Hamas in Gaza’s Al Shifa Hospital and they are targeting people, including medical teams as well as Arab speakers. They are also saying that Israel is calling on all Hamas operatives in the hospital to surrender at this point."

So, the IDF said it was taking specially trained medical teams and Arabic speakers into Al Shifa Hospital to minimise harm to civilians and the BBC reported that as the IDF targeting medical staff and people who speak Arabic. Of course the BBC said it was a mistake but it took them nine hours to correct it, by which time how many people round the world read it and believed it, and maybe acted upon it ?

But this is what Israel has to put up with from the BBC and other media organisations on a regular basis, and as BT, who knows the time of day, has already admitted, he believes it, so how many others are influenced by these 'mistakes' ? Whoever was responsible for this potentially lethal 'mistake' should be sacked, but they won't be, they'll still be in place, waiting for the chance to make another similar 'mistake'.