Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid calls for a deal with Hamas to free hostages as he visits the United States, which has voiced growing frustration with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking after meeting Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Lapid says the opposition would offer temporary support to Netanyahu's hard-right government if he approves a deal backed by the United States, Egypt and Qatar that would see the release of hostages and a truce in the six-month-old Gaza war. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES