Sentence examples for before the ceasefire from inspiring English sources

But there is still a tricky month to go before the ceasefire is even signed.

Assad has been accused of stepping up his campaign of violence before the ceasefire.

He was one of the last Israeli casualties before the ceasefire was declared.

Israeli leaders were sounding ever-more belligerent before the ceasefire; a massive incursion to strike a mortal blow at Hamas was a matter of time.

The IDF said its Iron Dome missile defence system intercepted six rockets just minutes before the ceasefire was due to begin.

Before the ceasefire, it claimed some 320 lives every month; after the signing, the rate had declined to about 15 a month until the recent upsurge.

"We proceed from the assumption that all parties will show restraint in the nearest future, before the start of the ceasefire," Putin said.

The group said it believes the soldier might have been killed in a clash with Hamas fighters about an hour before the start of the ceasefire.

Israeli officials say they are willing to extend the ceasefire before it expires on Friday morning.

According to the international organization Human Rights Watch, Syrian troops killed at least 95 civilians and burned or destroyed hundreds of houses in the governorate of Idlib before the start of the ceasefire.

VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky was in the city before, during and after the ceasefire, and travelled to Mariupol's eastern checkpoint as it endured the attacks.