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Likud Candidate Apologizes for Message on Hostage Lifshitz
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- Itzik Bunzel a Likud candidate posted a Facebook message wishing hostage Yocheved Lifshitz returned to Hamas.
- Bunzel later apologized, saying the comment was made in a storm of emotion.
- 88-year-old Lifshitz accused Bunzel of being Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s appointee sent to distract from ignored warnings.
- Democratic leader Yair Golan condemned Bunzel’s remarks and urged Netanyahu to apologize for October 7.