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Likud Member Apologizes for Hostage Survivor Remark
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Likud party member Itzik Bonzel apologized for telling hostage survivor Yocheved Lifshitz that he wished she could be sent back to Hamas. Bonzel, a bereaved father, cited emotional distress over criticism of soldiers as the reason for his comment, which he later retracted.
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- Likud member Itzik Bonzel apologized for remarks made to hostage survivor Yocheved Lifshitz.
- Bonzel told Lifshitz he wished she could be sent back to Hamas.
- He cited emotional distress over criticism of soldiers as the reason for his comment.
- Bonzel stated he did not mean the remark and apologized.
- Bonzel is a bereaved father who lost his son in the war.
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