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The viability of a US-backed proposal to wind down the eight-month-long war in Gaza has been cast into doubt after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only be willing to agree to a &partial& ceasefire deal that would not end the war, comments that sparked an uproar from families of hostages held by Hamas.