The BBC has hit back at White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt after she attacked its coverage of the war in Gaza. Leavitt accused the British public service broadcaster of spreading “misinformation” over the way it covered claims that Israel had killed Palestinians near an aid distribution center on Sunday.

The BBC has rejected incorrect White House criticism of its Gaza coverage, describing a claim that 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 has hit out at Karoline Leavitt for being 'completely wrong' after the White House press secretary attacked the British public service broadcaster over its reporting of the war in Gaza