Buried deep in the archives of Rafah, a town at the bottommost tip of the Gaza Strip, is one bloody incident that left 111 Palestinian refugees dead, shot by Israeli soldiers. Seemingly a footnote in a long history of killing, that day in Rafah reveals the competing truths that have come to define an intractable war. In a quest to get to the heart of what happened, Joe Sacco arrives in Gaza and, immersing himself in daily life, uncovers Rafah past and present. Spanning fifty years, FOOTNOTES IN GAZA captures the essence of a tragedy.