Netanyahu aide: Joe Biden's Gaza plan 'not a good dead' but Israel accepts it

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Israel seeks a 'governing alternative' to Hamas in Gaza. It's been tried and failed beforeIn the call with Gantz, Blinken "emphasized that Hamas should take the deal without delay," the department said in a statement.In a separate statement, the State Department said that in the call with Gallant, Blinken "commended Israel’s readiness to conclude a deal" and "underscored that the proposal would advance Israel’s long-term security interests, including by enabling the possibility of further integration in the region." Biden, whose initial lockstep support for Israel's offensive has given way to open censure of the operation's high civilian death toll, on Friday aired what he described as a three-phase plan submitted by the Netanyahu government to end the war.The first phase entails a truce and the return of some hostages held by Hamas, after which the sides would negotiate on an open-ended cessation of hostilities for a second phase in which remaining live captives would go free, Biden said.

Also Read | 'All eyes on Rafah': Israel pounds southern Gaza city amid global outrage and ICJ ruling — All you need to knowThat sequencing appears to imply that Hamas would continue to play a role in incremental arrangements mediated by Egypt and Qatar - a potential clash with Israel's determination to resume the campaign to eliminate the Iranian-backed Islamist group.Biden has hailed several ceasefire proposals over the past several months, each with similar frameworks to the one he outlined on Friday, all of which collapsed. In February he said Israel had agreed to halt fighting by Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that began on March 10.