BBC: Hamas are freedom fighters

Has BBC failed to learn the lesson Reuters learned regarding accurate portrayal of Hamas’ stated goals?

In today’s BBC TV report (see video) Alan Johnston states:

Many times in the course of its fight against Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, Hamas has sent suicide bombers into cities like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

Also, in today’s BBC article ‘Hamas swears Gaza strike revenge’, the reporter refers to Palestinian mortars and rockets that ‘struck Jewish areas near Gaza,’ and also to ‘the Jewish town of Sderot.’

Is the BBC defining a new area inside of Israel, yet close to Palestinians — ‘Jewish areas’ and ‘Jewish towns’ as opposed to ‘Israeli’?

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