Israel announced Saturday that it is preparing to move Palestinians from combat zones to southern Gaza as plans move ahead for a military offensive in some of the territory's most populated areas.

The Israeli military body in charge of humanitarian aid to Gaza, COGAT, said the supply of tents and other shelter equipment to the territory would resume on Sunday ahead of the mass movement of Palestinians to the south. The military said it had no comment on when that movement would begin.

The latest development in the ongoing war comes as multiple country leaders, including France, Britain, Canada and Australia, announced they will recognize a Palestinian state . They have also criticized plans announced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans for the sweeping new militar

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