Israel’s military says its forces have fully encircled Gaza City as it intensifies its bombardment of the besieged Palestinian territory. Israeli leaders say the ground offensive has split the territory in two: “a south Gaza and a north Gaza.” On Sunday, Gaza was once again plunged into a total communications blackout, the third such outage since October 7.

Eighteen U.N. and other prominent aid groups issued a rare joint statement calling for an immediate ceasefire after 30 days of incessant and indiscriminate attacks. “Enough is enough,” the groups declared. The death toll in Gaza has topped 10,000; nearly half the victims are children. The U.N. says 88 of its staff have been killed, the highest number of U.N. deaths ever in a single conflict.