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. 

At least 10,400 Palestinians are held captive in Israeli prisons, including more than 3,300 in administrative detention without charge.

The number does not include Palestinians detained by Israeli forces during their current war on Gaza, of which many are health workers.