CAIRO, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Israeli ‌fire ​killed at ‌least two Palestinians in the Gaza ​Strip, health officials said, in the ‍latest incident of violence, ​as Hamas and Israel braced ​to ⁠implement the second phase of the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire deal.

Israel is marking the end of a painful chapter after the return of the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.

Gaza’s government urged its more than 40,000 civil servants and security personnel to cooperate with the Palestinian technocratic body with U.S. oversight that is meant to exclude Hamas.

Israeli forces demolished the home of Youssef al-Ziadna’s sister, sparking backlash from the family, who accuse the government of insensitivity amid their mourning of loved ones taken by Hamas.

Prior to the ceasefire, it was confirmed that Israel, generally through the Shin Bet, but sometimes also in conjunction with the IDF, would provide various kinds of support to Gazan militias. Israel continues to back Gazan militias even after the October ceasefire to fight Hamas in portions of the Strip under the terror group's control over the Yellow Line,

With all Israeli hostages now recovered from Gaza, there's a push for the Israel-Hamas peace plan to move to phase-two, but that brings its own challenges.

Whatever Netanyahu’s future, the Jewish state girds for a year as consequential, decisive and potentially tumultuous as any in its 78 year history.

The group is refusing to disarm, a requirement that is holding President Trump’s peace plan for the enclave.