By Kathryn Shihadah: The Jerusalem Post reported today that ceasefire negotiations are stalled because Israel refuses to give in to two demands from Gazan resistance leaders – demands that would require Israel to abide by international law.
Gaza’s Islamic Jihad insists that Israel end its policy of assassinating Palestinian resistance leaders, and return the body of Khader Adnan, who died in an Israeli prison last week after an 86-day hunger strike.
Israel has killed about 24 Palestinians in Gaza since May 9, the majority of them civilians. The first attack came in the middle of the night as Islamic Jihad leaders slept in their homes, killing 3 military leaders and family members – 4 women and 4 children – along with civilian neighbors.