"The IDF will divide the Gaza Strip into two sections today, as a result of increased terror activity in the Gaza Strip culminating in last night's firing of mortar bombs toward the settlement of Ele Sinay, in the north of the Gaza Strip, " said an IDF spokesman.

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Plans to make public the names of convicted youths and to extend electronic monitoring of curfew orders to those aged between ten and 15 have become mired in the controversy surrounding other ele ments of the Crime (Sentences) Bill.

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