The BBC did not comment on the latest concerns over the documentary – but sources pointed to previous findings by the editorial standards committee, which had not upheld complaints over translations of the word Yahud.

In 2013, the committee found that a translation of the word as “Israeli” was an appropriate exercise of editorial judgment and that programme makers had taken a considered view on the appropriate translation taking into account the context of the discussion.

Addressing wider questions over the documentary, a spokesman said: “Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone features important stories we think should be told – those of the experiences of children in Gaza.

“There have been continuing questions raised about the programme and, in the light of these, we are conducting further due diligence with the production company. The programme will not be available on iPlayer while this is taking place.”

Demonstrators gathered outside Broadcasting House in London on Tuesday night to protest against the documentary. 

The group said the film is a breach of the BBC’s editorial guidelines and “a betrayal of licence fee payers” and that it would protest outside Broadcasting House, in central London, from 7pm.

A spokesman for the campaign said: “The BBC has no shame, and Britain has had enough. For over 16 months, we have watched our national broadcaster provide ever more sympathetic coverage to a proscribed terrorist organisation, hiding behind claims of impartiality.

“There is nothing impartial about giving credibility to the claims of terrorists. Providing a platform for terrorists’ propaganda, downplaying their crimes and continuing to refuse to call them terrorists is the BBC putting its thumb on the scale.

“Enough is enough. It is time for the BBC to stop whitewashing terrorism. There must be an independent investigation into its bias in relation to its Middle East coverage.”

Michael Marlowe, the father of Jake Marlowe, who was killed by Hamas during the October 7 attack, told the crowd: “For decades, the BBC stood as the bastion of honest and trustworthy reporting.

“It was the world’s first port of call for global and national news, respected for its integrity and neutrality. But that BBC is long gone.”