Israeli fire kills two in Gaza, Hamas clashes with Israeli-backed militia

Israeli strikes killed at east two Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said, and fighters from Hamas clashed with gunmen from an Israeli-backed militia, witnesses said.



Medics said one man was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Bureij camp in the central area of the enclave, while another strike killed one person and wounded others in Gaza City.



The two deaths were the latest violence to overshadow the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal signed in October after two years of full-blown war between Israel and Hamas. Progress on moving forward with parts of the deal, which include the disarmament of Hamas and Israeli army pullouts, has stalled.



The Israeli military didn't immediately comment on either incident.



The ceasefire that began last October left Israeli troops in control of a depopulated zone that makes up well over half of Gaza, with Hamas controlling the narrow coastal strip that remains.