Black Friday documents one of the deadliest days for Gaza — August 1st, when over 130 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed by Israeli forces in Rafah. The violence followed the suspected abduction of an Israeli soldier, triggering the controversial “Hannibal procedure,” a military protocol that unleashed intense bombardment with over 2,000 bombs and shells in a single day, leaving no time to evacuate civilians.

This event was part of Operation Protective Edge, a 50-day Israeli military campaign that killed over 2,000 Palestinians, including 539 children, and caused widespread destruction. After Gaza Photo Album (2009) and Killing Time (2013), Black Friday is the third part of the artists Kent Klich's ongoing depiction of life in Gaza.