Pic: Reuters] Also on Sunday, Mr Katz confirmed the deployment of tanks to the West Bank stronghold city of Jenin, with wider operations expanding to "additional villages in the Jenin area".
Israeli tanks have moved into the Occupied West Bank shortly after the defence minister declared an escalation of its operation - ordering troops to remain there "for the coming year".
In a statement on Sunday, Israeli defence minister Israel Katz said he has instructed the military to "prepare for an extended stay in the camps that were cleared for the coming year and not to allow the return of residents or for terror to grow again".
Elsewhere on Sunday, Israel awoke to the decision to delay the planned release of 620 Palestinian prisoners - in exchange for the six Israeli hostages freed on Saturday.
Mr Netanyahu's reference to propaganda came after two hostages - Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa-Dalal - both abducted from the Nova music festival on 7 October 2023 - appeared in a Hamas video seemingly near the handover site on Saturday.
