Projects about the devastating conflict in Israel and Palestine won big at tonight’s prestigious Grierson British Documentary Awards in London.

Oscar-winner No Other Land took home the Best Single Documentary – International prize while the BBC’s Life and Death in Gaza won Best Current Affairs Documentary.

The critically-acclaimed No Other Land follows a journalist and locals in a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank, which had been resisting forced displacement after an Israeli “firing zone” was declared on their land. Life and Death in Gaza , meanwhile, was filmed over a year for the BBC by four Palestinians enduring war.

The awards come with BBC Gaza docs in the spotlight following the scandals around the How to Survive a Warzone and Doctors Under Attack

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