A journalist who appears prominently on the BBC’s Arabic channel to report on Gaza has been accused of describing Israelis as less than human and Jews as “devils”.

Ahmed Alagha has appeared on BBC Arabic reporting from the conflict numerous times since January last year.

He appeared last Sunday reporting from close to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, moments after Israeli forces assassinated Ismail Barhoum, a senior Hamas leader, in an air strike on the medical facility.

The bombing was caught on camera and Mr Alagha’s dispatch also featured on BBC News.

It has now emerged that Mr Alagha, who is billed on air as a Palestinian journalist, appears to have singled out Jews for condemnation and described Israelis as worse than “beasts” on his social media accounts.

Responding to footage of Gaza tower blocks being bombed by Israel following Hamas’s attacks on Oct 7 2023, Mr Alagha posted on X a few days later: “This is not a Hollywood film; this is what was done to these towers in Gaza City at the hands of the Israeli occupation, and it’s happening to us in Gaza.

“It [the Israeli occupation] is the embodiment of filth, the unrivalled swamp of wickedness. As for the Jews, they are the devils of the hypocrites.”