Biden's Gaza plan 'not a good deal' but Israel accepts it, Netanyahu aide says

A Palestinian mourner carries the body of a child killed in Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during their funeral in Deir al Balah, Friday. Picture: AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana

An aide to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Sunday that Israel had accepted a framework deal for winding down the Gaza war now being advanced by US President Joe Biden, though he described it as flawed and in need of much more work.

In an interview with Britain's Sunday Times, Ophir Falk, chief foreign policy advisor to Netanyahu, said Biden's proposal was "a deal we agreed to — it's not a good deal but we dearly want the hostages released, all of them".