Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that the release of Palestinian prisoners would be delayed until Hamas ceases its "humiliating ceremonies" during the release of Israeli hostages under the ceasefire deal.

Six living hostages are back home in Israel after Hamas released them in the seventh and final phase of the agreement. The release of 620 Palestinians prisoners is pending a security consultation by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in December, told a judge Friday that her client was illegally searched during his arrest and she would seek to exclude that evidence from his trial on state murder and terrorism charges.