The Israeli Prime Minister's Office said on Sunday, "We have decided to suspend the release of Palestinian prisoners until we guarantee the release of the next kidnapped without provocative ceremonies."

The Israeli Prime Minister's Office accused Hamas of repeatedly violating the agreement through several means, including provocative ceremonies and using the kidnapped soldiers for propaganda, according to its statement.

In turn, Hamas leader Izzat al-Rishq strongly condemned the occupation's decision to postpone the release of Palestinian prisoners, stressing that the occupation's claim that the prisoner handover ceremony is humiliating is a false claim and a flimsy pretext aimed at evading the agreement's obligations.

He said: "The prisoner handover ceremony does not include any insult to them, but rather reflects the noble humane treatment of them," noting that the real insult is what our prisoners are subjected to during the release process, from torture, beatings and deliberate humiliation until the last moments.

Al-Rashq called on mediators and the international community to pressure the occupation to implement the agreement and release the prisoners without delay.

In turn, the Commission of Prisoners' Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoners' Club said last night that the Israeli occupation authorities had postponed the celebrations of the seventh batch of detainees until further notice.

The occupation authorities were scheduled to release the seventh batch of detainees yesterday, Saturday, as part of the ceasefire agreement.

The seventh batch includes 402 prisoners, including 50 detainees sentenced to life, 60 with long sentences, 47 prisoners who were re-arrested in the Shalit deal, and 445 prisoners from the Gaza Strip, who were arrested by the occupation forces during their aggression on the Strip after October 7, 2023.

Hundreds of citizens and relatives of the detainees had gathered since the morning hours of yesterday, in the very cold weather, in front of the Ramallah Cultural Palace and the Mahmoud Darwish Museum Square in the city of Ramallah, to receive the detainees.