Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid called on Wednesday for a deal with Hamas to end the war in the Gaza Strip and free the hostages still being held by the Palestinian group. “Ending the war is in Israel’s interest,” Lapid posted in Hebrew on X. At the same time he repeated his call for a change in Israel’s political leadership. “The war will continue for as long as this government exists,” he said. The government does not want peace, the former prime minister and head of the centrist Yesh Atid party added. National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir of the right-wing extremist Otzma Yehudit …