BBC News on Thursday bowed to pressure from Israel to reword the title of an article on the killing of a pregnant Palestinian woman and her infant daughter by Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

The British public service broadcaster had published an article titled, "Israeli air strikes 'kill pregnant woman and baby,'" referring to the 23-year-old Palestinian and her 18-month-old daughter who were slain in overnight strikes.

Not long after, Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon tweeted a "formal complaint" over the title, writing: "This title is a deliberate misrepresentation of reality ( that's the polite equivalent of " this is a LIE" if you don't get it)."

"Change it immediately!!!" the tweet added.

BBC caved into the bullying, editing the title to: "Gaza air strikes 'kill woman and child' after rockets hit Israel."

A BBC spokesperson explained the change by stating, "Although the original headline was not factually incorrect, we updated it to add more context to the story."

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