Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "So far we have recovered 192 kidnapped people, including 147 alive and 45 dead."

"There are still 63 kidnapped people in Hamas's hands," he added.

Netanyahu noted that "the government is committed to continuing to work to return all the living kidnapped to their families and the dead to be buried with dignity."

The newspaper "Israel Hayom" quoted the Israeli Prison Service today, Saturday, as saying that "the political leadership has not yet issued instructions to release Palestinian detainees as part of the seventh batch of the exchange deal."

The official Israeli Broadcasting Authority said, "Israel has postponed the release of Palestinian detainees in the seventh batch of the exchange deal until the end of security consultations, which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold this evening, Saturday, regarding negotiations for the second phase of the Gaza agreement."

This comes as the private newspaper "Israel Hayom" quoted the Israeli Prison Service as saying that the political leadership has not yet issued instructions to release Palestinian detainees in the current batch.