Sentence examples for extend the ceasefire from inspiring English sources

Israeli officials said Hamas had rejected their offer to extend the ceasefire.

"We had two options: not to reach an agreement, or to extend the ceasefire.

Hamas wants Israel to lift its economic siege and ultimately extend the ceasefire to the West Bank.

We have nothing to lose". Israeli officials said Hamas had rejected their offer to extend the ceasefire.

Israel had then offered to extend the ceasefire a further 24 hours, but Hamas refused unless the army would withdraw its troops from Gaza entirely.

The lull is seen as a chance to extend the ceasefire and fulfil the rest of the agreement, rather than another pretext for demonising Putin.

Later in the day, the Israeli government extended the ceasefire until midnight – but Hamas rejected the offer.

Since talks on extending the ceasefire failed, 213 rockets had been fired at Israel, it added.

Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, raised the possibility of extending the ceasefire by four hours.

Mr Putin had earlier stressed the importance of extending the ceasefire, and called for the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to play an "active role" in monitoring a truce.

"All of us call on the parties to extend the military ceasefire that is currently under way," said French foreign minister Laurent Fabius.