BREAKING CHRISTIAN NEWS Friday, February 21, 2025

At least one of the undetonated devices reportedly carried a message saying, “Revenge from Tulkarem.”

[Israel365.com] Three empty buses exploded simultaneously in parking lots in Bat Yam on Thursday evening. Miraculously, no injuries were reported as the buses arrived moments before the incident. (Screengrab image via X)

According to reports, a passenger on one of the buses noted a suspicious package in the back seat and brought it to the driver’s attention. The driver drove to a nearby terminal, and the passengers got off the bus as the driver called the bomb squad. The bomb exploded a few moments later.

Two other devices, each with 5 kilograms of explosives, were found on buses in Bat Yam and Holon and were taken to be defused by bomb squads.

According to several Hebrew media reports citing an unnamed security source, all of the devices were set to explode simultaneously on Friday morning.

All bus, train, and light rail transport was paused in Israel by order of the Transport Minister, Miri Regev… Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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“The cruelty of the Hamas monsters knows no bounds.” -Benjamin Netanyahu

[JNS.org] Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday morning eulogized slain hostages octogenarian Oded Lifshitz and children Kfir and Ariel Bibas, and vowed to bring home the boys’ mother, Shiri Bibas, from Hamas captivity in Gaza. (Screengrab image: via GPO /JNS)

“The cruelty of the Hamas monsters knows no bounds. Not only did they kidnap the father, Yarden Bibas, the young mother, Shiri, and their two small babies. In an unspeakably cynical manner, they did not return Shiri to her little children, the little angels, and they put the body of a Gazan woman in a coffin,” said Netanyahu in a video message to the nation.

“We will work resolutely to bring Shiri home together with all our abductees—both living and dead—and ensure that Hamas pays the full price for this cruel and evil violation of the agreement. The sacred memory of Oded Lipshitz and Ariel and Kfir Bibas will be forever enshrined in the heart of the nation. God will avenge their blood,” he continued.

The body that Israel received from Hamas on Thursday, which the terrorist organization said was that of Shiri Bibis, belongs to an unidentified person, the Israel Defense Forces said on Friday morning.

The National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv and the Israel Police identified two of the four returned bodies as Ariel and Kfir, whom terrorists “brutally murdered” in captivity in November 2023, the Israeli military said. At that time, the boys would have been ages 4 years and 10 months, respectively.

“Another heartbreaking morning for Israel, and for all who care about human life, and human dignity,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog tweeted on Friday.

“We prayed, we cried out, and we hoped this terrible news would not come. And yet, it arrived in the worst possible way—the bodies of Ariel and Kfir, so pure and innocent, were identified, while their beloved mother, Shiri, remains in captivity. This is a shocking and horrific violation of the ceasefire agreement, another cruel act by the terrorists of Hamas,” Herzog wrote.

“As we mourn this national tragedy, and as we anxiously await the expected release of six more hostages this weekend, we must remember our highest duty—to do everything in our power to bring every one of our kidnapped sisters and brothers home. All of them. Until the very last,” he added.

US Special Envoy for Hostage Affairs Adam Boehler called Hamas’ release of an unidentified body “horrific” and a “clear violation” of the ceasefire.

“I don’t know what [Hamas] thought when they put the body of somebody else in a coffin and said that it was the mother of two kids who had been brutally murdered, whether they thought Israel wouldn’t find that out or not, but it’s absolutely stunning,” Boehler said in an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper.

“If I were them [Hamas], I’d release everybody or they are going to face total annihilation,” he added.

Earlier on Thursday, the Red Cross had handed four coffins to IDF troops and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) agents in the Gaza Strip, after the Geneva-based agency received the caskets from Hamas following a propaganda ceremony.

Israel filed a complaint with mediators and the Red Cross after the Hamas stage show, saying that it breached the terms of their agreement.

A brief military ceremony was held and presided over by the chief rabbi of the IDF before the bodies were taken to Tel Aviv for identification.

Israelis waving national flags and yellow flags in solidarity with the hostages lined the route of the convoy carrying the bodies to the National Institute of Forensic Medicine for identification.

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“We can confirm that baby Kfir Bibas, aged just 10 months old, and his older brother Ariel, aged four, were both brutally murdered by terrorists while being held hostage in Gaza no later than November 2023.” -IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari

[TheGatewayPundit.com] …Now, disturbing new details are emerging about how the two babies were murdered by Hamas. (Image: Screengrab via Gateway Pundit /X)

According to IDF medical examiners, Kfir and Ariel were brutally choked to death.

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“These two innocent children were taken hostage alive, together along with their mother, Shiri, from their home on October 7, 2023.”

“Contrary to Hamas’s lies, Ariel and Kfir were not killed in an airstrike. Ariel and Kfir Bibas were murdered by terrorists in cold blood.”

“The terrorists did not shoot the two young boys—they killed them with their bare hands.”… Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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“I am honored to be confirmed as the ninth Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Thank you to President Trump and Attorney General Bondi for your unwavering confidence and support…” -FBI Director, Kash Patel

[PJMedia.com] On Thursday, the US Senate confirmed Kash Patel as the next director of the FBI. It was another close party-line vote of 51-49 with Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) once again voting against Trump’s nominee. (Screengrab image: via AP /News 18)

Kash Patel’s confirmation, the last of Trump’s “controversial” nominees, marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing struggle against the entrenched political establishment. Previously, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made it through with a razor-thin 51-50 vote, thanks to Vice President JD Vance breaking the tie. The momentum continued with other key confirmations, including Tulsi Gabbard as director of National Intelligence, RFK Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, and Russell Vought taking the reins as White House budget director. These appointments signify a move toward restoring accountability and American values within the government. Patel’s nomination had faced relentless opposition from Democrats, who feared his commitment to reform could dismantle their long-standing influence.

Patel made it clear that he would fight against the weaponization of government that has unjustly targeted him and countless American patriots.

“This may be one of the scenarios that most uniquely qualifies me to take command at the FBI,” he said during his confirmation hearings. “Having been the victim of government overreach and a weaponized system of justice and law enforcement, I know what it feels like to have the full weight of the United States government barreling down on you, and as the Biden inspector general determined, those activities by the FBI and DOJ were wholly improper and not predicated upon law and facts.”…

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[LifeZette] House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) on Tuesday revealed the Republican lawmakers who will serve on the newly formed Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets. The group will be responsible for overseeing the release of classified documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the client list of Jeffrey Epstein… Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read.

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[WokeSpy.com] Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has exposed an eye-watering level of federal spending abuse, revealing that over 4.6 million active government credit cards were used for 90 million transactions totaling nearly $40 billion in Fiscal Year 2024 alone. DOGE broke down the figures in an X post on Tuesday: “The US government currently has ~4.6M active credit cards/accounts, which processed ~90M unique transactions for ~$40B of spend in FY24. DOGE is working with/ the agencies to simplify the program and reduce admin costs—we will report back in 1 week,” the account wrote… Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read.

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“…Educational institutions have toxically indoctrinated students with the false premise that the United States is built upon ‘systemic and structural racism’ and advanced discriminatory policies and practices. Proponents of these discriminatory practices have attempted to further justify them —particularly during the last four years—under the banner of [DEI]. … But under any banner, discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin is, has been, and will continue to be illegal.” -from a letter by the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to academic institutions that promoted DEI

[WashingtonStand.com] As Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) expose wasted federal spending little by little, it appears President Donald Trump’s Education Department is participating in the effort. On Monday, the US Department of Education (DOE) announced that over $600 million in grants had been terminated—money that was going almost exclusively to what’s been deemed as “divisive ideologies.” (Image: Pixabay)

The grants in question were “awarded to teacher preparation programs that train future classroom teachers.” However, as DOE highlighted, these millions of taxpayer dollars were given to institutions and universities to fund “training materials [for] inappropriate and unnecessary topics such as Critical Race Theory; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); social justice activism; ‘anti-racism’; and instruction on white privilege and white supremacy.” In addition to this, “many of these grants included teacher and staff recruiting strategies implicitly and explicitly based on race.”

DOE’s announcement went on to address other controversial aspects of the taxpayer-funded grants. The following trainings, among others, were pulled from the grant applications:

• “Requiring practitioners to take personal and institutional responsibility for systemic inequities (e.g., racism) and critically reassess their own practices;”
• “Receiving professional development workshops and equity training on topics such as ‘Building Cultural Competence,’ ‘Dismantling Racial Bias’ and ‘Centering Equity in the Classroom’;”
• “Acknowledging and responding to systemic forms of oppression and inequity, including racism, ableism, ‘gender-based’ discrimination, homophobia, and ageism;”
• “Building historical and sociopolitical understandings of race and racism to interrupt racial marginalization and oppression of students in planning instruction relationship building discipline and assessment.”

According to DOE spokesperson Savannah Newhouse, the purpose of defunding these programs is to ensure “taxpayer dollars are used wisely to strengthen America’s education system.” As Newhouse emphasized, “The Nation’s Report Card (NAEP) recently indicated America’s students are falling dangerously behind in math and reading. Teacher prep programs should be prioritizing training that prepares youth with the fundamentals they need to succeed for the future, not wasting valuable training resources on divisive ideologies.”

Additionally, Director of Outreach for Parents Defending Education Erika Sanzi told The Christian Post that it’s “hard to overstate how radical these teacher trainings are.” As a result, “all we see are declining outcomes for the students that these trainings purport to help most.” In fact, leading up to DOE terminating the $600 million in grants, their Office of Civil Rights (OCR) sent a letter to the academic institutions that received some of the funding warning them that they need to end their DEI programs.

The letter gave the education agencies two weeks to complete the task, otherwise, they’ll lose funding. It read:

“In a shameful echo of a darker period in this country’s history, many American schools and universities even encourage segregation by race at graduation ceremonies and in dormitories and other facilities. Educational institutions have toxically indoctrinated students with the false premise that the United States is built upon ‘systemic and structural racism’ and advanced discriminatory policies and practices. Proponents of these discriminatory practices have attempted to further justify them—particularly during the last four years—under the banner of [DEI]. … But under any banner, discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin is, has been, and will continue to be illegal.”

Written by Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor, the letter concluded that DOE will “no longer tolerate the overt and covert racial discrimination that has become widespread in this Nation’s educational institutions. … All students are entitled to a school environment free from discrimination. The Department is committed to ensuring those principles are a reality.”

However, despite these efforts to eliminate these “discriminatory practices,” the School Superintendents Association (AASA) released a statement that both opposed the cuts and defended the questionable programs. According to AASA, the fact that the OCR guidance seeks to hold accountable those who are “treating students differently on the basis of race to achieve nebulous goals” goes “beyond existing law to denounce policies designed to enhance diversity, even if they do not employ racial classifications or intentional racial balancing.” The organization went on to emphasize that “the legal arguments underpinning this guidance could be successfully challenged in court.”

And while it may be that the DOE’s decision gets challenged, it appears evident that Americans are largely on board with their efforts to remove DEI and controversial ideologies from education and beyond. In fact, in a comment to The Washington Stand, Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), chairman of the House Committee on Education and Workforce, explained how all of Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI have been welcome initiatives.

“For too long,” he said, “social justice warriors crusaded to mandate DEI in every corner of America.” But “instead of merit, skills, and ability, DEI devotees pushed policies that are antithetical to American exceptionalism. From the classroom to the board room, Americans have felt the negative effects.” As the congressman asserted, “DEI has bloated education budgets while telling students what to think instead of how to think. And America’s savers and retirees have been forced to funnel their hard-earned money into underperforming funds to promote the Biden-Harris administration’s environmental and social justice agenda.”

As such, Walberg emphasized his approval for what is being done to topple these agendas. “I commend the Trump administration for dismantling DEI,” he concluded. “Trump is setting America back on the path to a stronger, more prosperous future.”

Sarah Holliday is a reporter at The Washington Stand.

“I’m a devout Christian … It’s a fundamental pennant of our faith that the Son of God became man, He died, and raised Himself from the dead … so much flows from that. … Whether it’s fighting for the unborn, or fighting for peace and security for our citizens … we put our faith in God above, we put our faith in the grace of God, and try our best to do His will…” -Vice President JD Vance

[LifeSiteNews.com] At the annual Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, DC, Vice President JD Vance expressed the truth that “unborn life is sacred in the eyes of God.” (Screengrab image: via Fox Business /YouTube)

Asked a direct question about the Trump administration’s commitment to the pro-life position, Vance encouraged those in attendance to defend the unborn, saying life in the womb is “sacred in the eyes of God and it should be sacred in the eyes of man, too.”

Vance told the crowd that Americans must “pick up the torch” and carry the pro-life message, particularly the idea that “babies are good” and that “families are good.” He also hammered home the point that Americans must counteract the pro-abortion culture that sees babies as “inconveniences to be discarded” and instead promote a society that sees babies as “blessings to be cherished.”

Shortly thereafter, Vance, a convert to Catholicism, was asked about his faith… Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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“…It doesn’t matter who you are, what you look like, where you come from. God has a purpose for your life, and He made you in His perfect image. And you just need to trust in Him that He has that plan for you.” -Katelyn Pavey

[Faithwire.com] Katelyn Pavey is a real-life inspiration. Born with one arm, she persevered, overcame her struggles—and, against all odds, played college softball. (Screengrab image: via CBN News)

Pavey’s incredible journey is told in “I Can,” a film that shows God’s grace throughout life’s many trials. For years, she rebuffed attempts to make a movie about her story, believing she didn’t really have anything special to share.

“I didn’t want to be seen as sitting on a pedestal,” she said. “And I also thought there were more people in our congregation that needed their story to be told—and it wasn’t only me who denied it three times. It was also my dad.”

But her pastor, Tyler Sansom—who is also the director of “I Can”—was successfully able to convince Pavey to take part. However, it wasn’t easy, as the family was at first hesitant to open up their story, as elements of it could be seen as unflattering.

But she and her dad, Eric, realized they could make an impact.

“[Tyler] said, ‘Well, if you can inspire one person and if you can help one person find and follow Jesus, would you do it?'” she recalled. “And I said, ‘Absolutely.'”…

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