Netanyahu rejects prisoner exchange deal 

The Israeli military has expressed support for a prisoner exchange agreement, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the idea and said that "no deal currently exists", Israel's Channel 13 reported. 

Netanyahu reportedly refused to vote during a security cabinet meeting on a partial prisoner release deal, saying there was no need to vote on a deal because it was not on the meeting's agenda.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and other ministers sought to vote in principle against the partial prisoner release deal, Al Jazeera Arabic has reported.