The start of Eid has been marked by a reduction in fighting in the Gaza Strip, after the UN Security Council called for both sides to observe an immediate ceasefire.
Residents of Gaza met with family-members to celebrate the end of the Ramadan fast, but described the struggle to "feel any joy right now" with the backdrop of the conflict.
But while the Israeli military said today that it was continuing its campaign to destroy cross-border tunnels dug by Hamas to launch attacks inside Israel, both sides appeared to observe a reduction in missile and rocket strikes.
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Hamas fired a single rocket towards Ashkelon in the morning hours, without casualties or damage, to which it responded by shelling "the source of the rocket fire in Beit Lahia".
Described as a "relative lull" since 9.30pm on Sunday night, it came after a weekend in which both sides rejected each-other's suggestions of truces and more deaths were added to the 1,030 Palestinians and 45 Israelis killed so far.
That figure on the Palestinian side was reduced by 30 overnight by the Gaza Health Ministry, which said a number of people had been reunited with family-members feared missing.
