UPDATED 12 PM ET: Gaza raids, hostage families, major tech deal closes & more

Israeli forces say they’ve carried out raids in Gaza as it calls for roughly 1.1 million people to evacuate their homes, amid criticism from the UN. President Joe Biden says he’ll speak to the families of Americans believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas. GOP leaders are meeting behind closed doors again with no clear path forward in sight. Former President Donald Trump has lost an attempt to get a lawsuit thrown out that wants to block him from a state’s presidential ballot. And, one of the tech world’s largest deals in history finally closes.

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