Israel resumes pounding Gaza on Eid al-Fitr

Israeli tanks shelled Jebaliya in northern Gaza on Monday, when Palestinians were celebrating the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
 
Israeli military also said it carried out three airstrikes on Gaza.
 
The attacks came hours after the UN Security Council agreed on a statement that calls for an “immediate” and “unconditional” ceasefire in Gaza.
 
The statement called on Tel Aviv and Palestinian resistance movement Hamas "to accept and fully implement the humanitarian ceasefire into the Eid period and beyond."
 
On Sunday, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed a UN-brokered truce proposal endorsed by Hamas.
 
Netanyahu also had a telephone conversation with US President Barack Obama, who expressed concern over the rising Palestinian casualties.  Obama once again said Israel has the right to defend itself, but also called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
 
So far more than 1,060 Palestinians and 43 Israeli have been killed in the Gaza war. More than 6,000 Palestinians have also been injured. Hamas puts the number of Israeli fatalities at about 100.