The BBC has rejected incorrect White House criticism of its Gaza coverage, describing a claim it had taken down a story as "completely wrong". At Tuesday's White House briefing President Trump's press secretary Karoline Leavitt accused the BBC of taking "the word of Hamas" when reporting on the number of people killed in a shooting near an aid distribution site on Sunday.

The BBC on Wednesday rejected the White House’s claims it failed to verify statistics from a health ministry Hamas runs and that the broadcaster removed an arti

In response to Leavitt's accusations, the British national broadcaster released a statement saying "The claim the BBC took down a story after reviewing footage is completely wrong."