Friday 10pm ONE DAY IN GAZA - Frontline investigates how mass protests on the Israel-Gaza border led to one of the deadliest days in a generation. May 14 2018 started as a day of mass protest at Gaza’s border with Israel, and would end as one of the most deadly days in Gaza for a generation. For weeks, Palestinians had been protesting along the border fence, but tensions were running particularly high due to the opening of the new United States embassy to Israel in Jerusalem - the controversial step ordered by Donald Trump. As the sun set that day, over 60 Palestinians were dead or dying, and over 2,000 lay injured, many by live ammunition. https://youtu.be/ZQYCEpr6AfcDrawing on more than 120 hours of archive footage filmed on both sides of the border that day - including exclusive videos released by both Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that dominates Gaza, and the Israel Defense Forces, this film reveals the complex reality and human toll of the day - and asks who is to blame for the bloodshed.

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