First Thing: No power, water or fuel to Gaza until hostages are freed, Israel says

Spokesperson for IDF also says Hamas fighters still trying to cross into Israel. Plus, why are one in seven of us addicted to ultra-processed foods?

Good morning.

Israel will not restore power, water or fuel to Gaza until the hostages taken by Hamas over the weekend are freed, an Israeli minister has said. Israel believes Hamas is holding about 150 Israeli hostages inside Gaza.

What's happening on the ground today? At around 4.30am, Israel's military said it was conducting a large-scale strike" on targets belonging to Hamas in Gaza. It did not provide details. Israel is expected to launch a ground offensive in Gaza in the coming days.

How has Forbes responded? Dan Alexander, a senior editor at Forbes and the author of a 2020 book, White House Inc: How Donald Trump Turned the Presidency Into a Business, tweeted: Hey Donald Trump, if you want to point out a single false fact in any of the articles I've published about you - or in the book I wrote about you - feel free. In the meantime, I'm going to keep reporting - and carefully fact-checking every word I publish."

What else is going on for Trump? A federal judge is today expected to weigh whether the lawyers for Trump's two co-defendants, charged with trying to obstruct the US justice department from retrieving classified documents from his Mar-a-Lago club, had conflicts of interest and should be ordered off the case.