The British broadcaster was found to have committed a "major breach" of broadcasting rules by failing to disclose that the narrator of a programme about the Gaza conflict was the son of a Hamas administrator, according to regulatory body Ofcom.
An probe by the broadcasting watchdog into the documentary titled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has concluded that the film was "substantially inaccurate".
The head of the BBC had previously apologised, saying there had been "a major oversight in relation to factual correctness".
The regulator has directed the corporation to transmit a evening statement about its findings.
"As this represents a major infringement of our regulations, we are directing the corporation to transmit a statement of our findings against it on the BBC's second channel at 21:00, with a schedule to be finalised," it said.
'Possibility to Damage Credibility'
The regulator's report stated: "Our probe concluded that the programme's omission to reveal that the voice's father occupied a post in the Hamas-run administration was materially misleading.
"It meant that the public did not have critical information which may have been highly relevant to their judgment of the narrator and the details he presented.
"Confidence is at the heart of the connection between a television network and its audience, particularly for a state-funded media outlet such as the British Broadcasting Corporation.
"This oversight had the possibility to damage the exceptionally strong levels of confidence that viewers would have placed in a factual film from the broadcaster about the Israel-Gaza war."
The programme was pulled from the BBC's streaming service in the month of February after the boy's familial connections emerged, and in July an internal BBC review concluded it violated the broadcaster's content policies on accuracy.
A representative for the broadcaster stated: "The authority's determination is in accordance with the conclusions of the internal assessment, that there was a major oversight in the documentary in relation to the broadcaster's journalistic policies on accuracy, which corresponds to clause 2.2 of the regulator's media standards.
"We issued an apology for this and we agree with the authority's determination in full. We will adhere to the directive as soon as the schedule and wording are determined."
