ALBAWABA - BBC journalist Bassam Bounenni submitted his resignation amid the British Broadcasting Corporation row on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Bounenni posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, "This morning, I submitted my resignation from the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC, as required by my professional conscience."

Bassam Bounenni used to work as a BBC North Africa correspondent.

تقدمت صباح اليوم باستقالتي من هيئة الإذاعة البريطانية بي بي سي لما يحتمه عليّ الضمير المهني

— Bassam Bounenni بسام بونني (@bbounenni) October 18, 2023

Earlier, BBC announced probing six journalists and a freelancer over social media posts related to the latest Israel-Gaza conflict which started on Oct. 7.

BBC said to investigate six journalists who are working for its Arabic service in the Middle East over social media posts "justifying killing of Israeli civilians by Hamas,” according to local media reports.

The six journalists and the freelancers are Senior broadcast journalist Mahmoud Sheleib, broadcast journalist Aya Hossam, correspondent Sally Nabil, Cairo-based Salma Khattab, Beirut-based religious affairs correspondent Sanaa Khouri, Beirut-based program editor Nada Abdelsamad, and Egypt All Sports, a company run by Amr Fekry, a sports correspondent and pundit at BBC Arabic, the Daily Mail reported.