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In call with Israel's Netanyahu, Biden urges 'significant de-escalation' in violence with Palestinians

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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - President Joe Biden greatly increased the pressure on Israel to end the war with the Palestinians that has killed more than 200 people, telling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a telephone call Wednesday that he expected "significant de-escalation" by day's end.Biden asked Netanyahu to move "toward the path to a cease-fire," according to a White House description of their conversation.RELATED: 2 killed in strike launched from Gaza as Israel topples 6-story buildingBiden's call came as political and international pressure mounts on him to intervene more forcefully to push an end to the hostilities.

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