The British broadcaster was found to have committed a "significant breach" of industry standards by failing to disclose that the narrator of a programme about the Gaza situation was the offspring of a Hamas representative, according to UK media regulator Ofcom.
An investigation by the media regulator into the programme Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has determined that the documentary was "materially misleading".
The chief executive of the broadcaster had already issued an apology, saying there had been "a serious error in relation to accuracy".
Ofcom has directed the corporation to air a evening statement about its decisions.
"Since this amounts to a major infringement of our regulations, we are directing the corporation to transmit a statement of our determinations against it on the BBC's second channel at nine o'clock in the evening, with a timing to be finalised," the statement read.
'Potential to Damage Credibility'
The regulator's statement stated: "Our investigation found that the programme's failure to disclose that the narrator's father held a position in the Hamas-administered authority was significantly deceptive.
"It meant that the audience did not have vital facts which may have been very significant to their assessment of the narrator and the details he provided.
"Trust is at the core of the connection between a broadcaster and its viewers, particularly for a national broadcasting corporation such as the British Broadcasting Corporation.
"This failing had the risk to damage the very considerable amounts of trust that the public would have put in a factual film from the broadcaster about the Israel-Gaza war."
The film was removed from the BBC's streaming service in the month of February after the narrator's family links were revealed, and in July an corporation's own inquiry concluded it violated the corporation's editorial guidelines on factual correctness.
A BBC spokesperson said: "The regulator's decision is in accordance with the conclusions of the corporation's inquiry, that there was a significant failing in the documentary in relation to the broadcaster's journalistic policies on truthfulness, which aligns with Rule 2.2 of Ofcom's Broadcasting Code.
"We have apologised for this and we agree with Ofcom's decision in complete. We will adhere to the directive as soon as the schedule and wording are confirmed."
