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This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles and at 14 hours GMC on Monday the 30th of October.

These are our main stories.

Israel steps up its operations in Gaza with hundreds of missiles fired into the north,

followed by a land incursion that briefly cut the main north-south road.

And Russia and China have warned Washington of the dangers of meddling in other nation's business.

Also in this podcast, a major military and police search is underway in Colombia

to find the father of one of Liverpool's star football players, Louis Theathe.

Israel's military strategy in Gaza seems to be becoming a little clearer today.

It's said it had fired missiles and artillery shells at 600 more Hamas targets.

And then for several hours, Israeli military vehicles cut one of the two main roads

linking the north and south of the strip.

An Israeli tank accompanied by military bulldozers fired on an approaching car.

The tank seems to have pulled back now,

but as I've been hearing from our correspondent in Gaza, Ruchdi Abu Al-Luf,

the Israeli manoeuvres are likely to be a forerunner of a broader push.

I think the picture is more clear now that two Israeli tanks and a bulldozer,

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