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This is the global news podcast from the BBC World Service.
I'm Rachel Wright and in the early hours of Saturday the 19 October these are our main stories.
Israel blockades part of northern Gaza dashing hopes that the killing of the Hamas leader might bring about an early ceasefire.
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It took a day after israeli troops said they'd killed him, but Hamas has finally confirmed the death of its leader, Yahya Sinwa, the man believed to have masterminded the brutal massacre and hostage taking in southern Israel on the 7 October last year.
Despite hopes from leaders in Europe and America that the killing might present an opportunity for progress towards ceasefire and the return of israeli hostages, both Hamas and Israel appear to be stepping up a gear.
Amy Chai Chicli is a minister in the israeli government.
He told the BBC that Israel was now blockading part of the north of Gaza.