Israel's History of Massacres - Israel Gaza Hospital Massacres

Israel's History of Massacres - Israel Gaza Hospital Massacres.

Israel’s massacre on the al-Ahli al-Arab hospital in Gaza on Tuesday night by air strike was not the first of Israel’s mass killings of civilians.

Since 1948 Israel has built up a track record of massacres and mass killings of civilians. From the Deir Yassin massacre just before the creation of the state of Israel, to the mass killing of workers in Kafr Qasim in 1956.

At the time of Tuesday's devastating strike, the Anglican-run hospital in Gaza was providing treatment and shelter to hundreds of Palestinians wounded and displaced by Israel's 11-day war on the besieged enclave.

We take a look at just a few of Israel’s historic massacres.