Precious few archival records about the bloody events that took place in the Gaza Strip immediately after its initial occupation in 1956 are accessible to the public. In the absence of reliable, accessible records, the events were described in a fictional story penned by author Matti Megged and published in the Lamerhav daily newspaper. The story depicts, in great detail, the exploits of “Mr. D.” a military governor dreamed up by Megged, and in an English language graphic novel by author and illustrator Joe Sacco, published in 2010. But, what is really known about these atrocities? And why are the records still sealed in Israeli archives?

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Footnotes in Gaza,
2010

first published in Footnotes in Gaza ©2010 by Joe Sacco.

Mr. D.’s End,
December 14, 1956

Reactions to the story in Lamerhav,
January 11, 1957