US President Joe Biden spoke with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone Sunday and “reviewed ongoing talks” to free hostages held in Gaza, the White House said. The two allies “reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in Gaza,” the White House statement said, as diplomatic efforts intensified to reach a long-sought truce in the war-battered region. The Israeli government has come under intense pressure from its global allies to reach a ceasefire, as well as from protesters within Israel demanding the release of hostages seized …