Their foreign ministries issued a joint position urging restraint from steps that could escalate tensions. At least 16 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since Tuesday, according to tallies.

Israel pointed to a kite flown from Gaza that landed in a border kibbutz and raised the possibility of intensified strikes and further evacuation orders. Troops conducted searches in the Jordan Valley after a stabbing.

Mediators say the ceasefire has been violated by both sides. Deaths from strikes have continued since it took effect, deepening doubts about the mechanism for implementing the agreement.

The mediating states have an interest in keeping the truce alive: humanitarian deliveries and reconstruction talks are built on the assumption that it holds.

Accounts of casualty figures and of individual incidents differ between the parties. Where independent verification is not possible, we name the source of each claim.