"Israel" begins fresh airstrikes on Gaza

‘Israel' has unleashed fresh attacks on Gaza in defiance of a recent UN Security Council resolution that calls for an urgent ceasefire.

'Israeli' fighter jets and ground forces have attacked a mosque and three houses in Gaza as the onslaught on the coastal strip entered its fifteenth day.

The attacks were launched in spite of UN Security Council resolution 1860, which calls for an 'immediate' and 'durable' halt to Israel's Operation Cast Lead on the Palestinian territory.

Tel Aviv, however, says the UN decision is "not practical" and that it does not act upon international requests.

'Israel' attacked Gaza on December 27 and has so far killed 804 Palestinians and wounded at least 3,330 others including women and children.

The United Nations said Thursday that at lease one-third of the dead or injured in Gaza are children.