The public service broadcaster was found to have committed a "serious breach" of broadcasting rules by failing to disclose that the presenter of a film about Gaza was the offspring of a Hamas representative, as ruled by regulatory body Ofcom.
An investigation by the broadcasting watchdog into the documentary titled Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone has determined that the programme was "substantially inaccurate".
The chief executive of the broadcaster had already issued an apology, saying there had been "a significant failing in relation to accuracy".
The regulator has directed the BBC to broadcast a evening declaration about its decisions.
"As this represents a serious breach of our code, we are directing the corporation to broadcast a message of our determinations against it on BBC2 at 9pm, with a date to be confirmed," it said.
'Potential to Undermine Credibility'
The regulator's report declared: "Our investigation found that the programme's omission to reveal that the narrator's father occupied a position in the Hamas-run government was significantly deceptive.
"Consequently that the public did not have critical information which may have been highly relevant to their evaluation of the presenter and the details he shared.
"Credibility is at the center of the bond between a broadcaster and its public, notably for a state-funded media outlet such as the British Broadcasting Corporation.
"This failing had the potential to undermine the very considerable degrees of credibility that the public would have placed in a factual film from the broadcaster about the Gaza conflict."
The film was pulled from the online platform in last February after the boy's familial connections were revealed, and in the month of July an corporation's own inquiry concluded it violated the organization's journalistic standards on accuracy.
A representative for the broadcaster stated: "The regulator's decision is in accordance with the conclusions of Peter Johnston's review, that there was a significant failing in the programme in relation to the broadcaster's journalistic policies on accuracy, which aligns with clause 2.2 of the authority's broadcasting regulations.
"We have apologised for this and we accept the regulator's ruling in its entirety. We will follow the sanction as soon as the date and wording are finalised."
