Tzeela Horenstein said gunmen threw a grenade at her husband Simon during Hamas’ attack on the village of Netiv HaAsara early in the morning of 7 October.

The couple and their two young children only survived because their home’s door twisted and jammed when the attackers tried to blow it out with explosives, she told the Jewish News, who first reported the story, external.

She said: “Not only did terrorists break into our home and try to murder us, but then the BBC crew entered again, this time with a camera as a weapon, without permission or consent.

“It was another intrusion into our lives. We felt that everything that was still under our control had been taken from us.”

The Jewish News reported that the corporation paid a financial settlement of £28,000 to the family.