how to say “ceasefire” in Hebrew

 

הַפְסָקַת אֵשׁ

 

 
The Hebrew word for a break is הַפְסָקָה listen and repeat, an active-causative verb of the root פ.ס.ק (p.s.k) meaning pause.
 
For example:
 
הָעוֹבְדִים יָצְאוּ לְהַפְסָקַת צָהֳרַיִם.
The employees went out for an afternoon break.
 
And אֵשׁ listen and repeat is fire.
 
So a ceasefire, or a break/ceasing in the firing, is הַפְסָקַת אֵשׁ listen and repeat.
 
For example:
 
חַמַאס לֹא מְכַבֵּד הַפְסָקוֹת אֵשׁ, גַּם כְּשֶׁהוּא מְבַקֵּשׁ אֹתָן.
Hamas doesn’t honor ceasefires, even when it asks for them. 

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