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Israel says has started ‘targeted ground raids’ in Lebanon
Israeli troops have advanced into Lebanon, the military has announced in a statement, as it launches an anticipated ground offensive.
Israel’s military reported early on Tuesday that its forces had begun “targeted ground raids” on villages in southern Lebanon.
The incursions, backed by air strikes and artillery, began “a few hours ago” targeting Hezbollah “in villages close to the border” with Israel, according to the statement, adding that the raids were “limited, localised and targeted” against Hezbollah.
The sounds of air strikes were heard throughout the Lebanese capital, Beirut, and smoke rose from its southern suburbs, strongholds for Hezbollah, shortly after Israel ordered residents of three buildings to evacuate.
However, Hezbollah media relations official Muhammad Afif told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces have not entered Lebanon.
“All Zionist claims that [Israeli] occupation forces have entered Lebanon are false,” he said.
There have been no reports of direct clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters, who were last involved in ground combat during a monthlong war in 2006.
“Our fighters are ready to confront enemy forces that dare or attempt to enter Lebanon,” Afif said.
The purported ground incursion came shortly after it was approved by Israeli political leaders and marks a new stage in Israel’s war against Hezbollah in its northern neighbour Lebanon.
The Iranian-backed Lebanese armed group said in its own statement released early on Tuesday that it had targeted Israeli troops across the border in Metula with artillery fire.
Rising confidence
Hezbollah began low-intensity strikes on targets in northern Israel one day after Israel launched its war on Gaza last October following an attack led by the Palestinian group Hamas.
However, Israel last month shifted its focus from Gaza to its northern frontier with Lebanon, with the stated aim of allowing the return of tens of thousands of Israeli civilians to their homes.
However, its operations against , including the detonation of electronic communications devices that killed 39 and injured thousands, and its subsequent killing of leader Hassan Nasrallah, appear to have raised Israel’s confidence that it may now have the opportunity to all but destroy its longstanding enemy in Lebanon.
Reflecting the bullish mood in Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran in a speech late on Monday: “There is nowhere in the Middle East Israel cannot reach.”
Some Israeli analysts expressed concern regarding overconfidence.
“I really hope we are talking about a limited ground operation,” Israel’s former justice minister Yossi Beilin told Al Jazeera from Tel Aviv.
“We know it’s very difficult to control from the past even if the government is sincere in its wish to end it quickly and to achieve the main aim which is to curtail Hezbollah combatants and allow Israelis to go back to their villages in the north.”
The launch of ground operations inside Lebanon appears to have been agreed between Israel and its main ally, the United States, despite earlier calls from Washington for restraint.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant spoke on the phone on Monday, the Pentagon said.
“They agreed on the necessity of dismantling attack infrastructure along the border to ensure that Lebanese Hezbollah cannot conduct October 7-style attacks on Israel’s northern communities,” it said in a statement.
Austin reaffirmed that a diplomatic resolution was necessary to allow civilians on both sides of the border to return safely to their homes, the statement added.
Litani River
Tens of thousands of people on both sides of the Israeli-Lebanon border have fled their homes over the past year.
However, the situation has intensified as Israel has escalated its attacks. More than 1,000 people have been killed in the past two weeks in a wave of ferocious air assaults, mostly in southern and eastern Lebanon, as the Israeli military has targeted Hezbollah’s leadership.
On Friday, veteran leader Nasrallah was killed in an air strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut, while several other top commanders have also been hit.
However, Hezbollah has continued to fire rockets and missiles at Israeli targets.
On Monday, in the group’s first public broadcast since Nasrallah’s assassination, Hezbollah deputy chief Naim Qassem said the group was prepared for any potential Israeli ground incursion and a long war.
When asked about reports that Israel was preparing for a “limited” ground invasion of Lebanon, United States President Joe Biden called for a ceasefire.
Asked if he was comfortable with Israel’s plan, Biden replied: “I’m comfortable with them stopping.”
However, he did not elaborate on any plans to end the conflict, or discuss US supplies of weapons and military aid to Israel.
Lebanon’s acting Prime Minister Najib Mikati has said the government is ready to fully implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which aimed to end Hezbollah’s armed presence south of the Litani River as part of an agreement to stop war with Israel.
Trump faces potential assassination attempt ahead of World Liberty token sale
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Trump-backed DeFi venture is set to launch its WLFI token sale on Tuesday, just three weeks before the US presidential election.
Key Takeaways
- A potential assassination plot against Trump occurred ahead of the World Liberty token sale.
- The police assessed that the incident did not pose a direct threat to Trump or the rally attendees.
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Donald Trump recently faced a potential assassination plot in the lead-up to the token sale of World Liberty Financial, a DeFi project backed by the Trump family.
Police reported on Saturday that they arrested an armed man with a fake VIP and press pass at a checkpoint near Trump’s campaign rally in Coachella Valley.
Following the arrest, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told local media that they “probably stopped another assassination attempt” after the suspect, Vem Miller, was found in possession of multiple firearms and high-capacity magazines.
However, in a press conference today, Sheriff Bianco said he had no conclusive evidence that Miller was an assassin. He stated that he only had the seized weapons and false identification documents as indicators of suspicious behavior.
According to the latest update from Fox News, Miller refuted the allegations, saying he was a Trump supporter. Investigation into the incident is still ongoing, with Sheriff Bianco strongly believing that it was a serious threat against Trump.
If the police are correct, this would be the third assassination attempt targeting the former US President this year. In September 2024, a suspect was arrested for attempting to assassinate Trump while he was at his golf course in Florida, and another incident occurred during a rally in Pennsylvania where gunfire was directed at Trump.
Authorities have indicated that the recent arrest did not pose a direct threat to Trump’s safety or the event attendees, but it intensified concerns regarding security around Trump during his campaign activities.
The incident occurred as Trump-backed World Liberty Financial is set to launch its WLFI token sale on Tuesday, Trump said in a recent post on X.
.@WorldLibertyFi Token Sale goes live on Tuesday morning, October 15th! This is YOUR chance to help shape the future of finance. Be there on Monday, October 14th at 8 AM EST for an Exclusive Spaces to learn more. Join the whitelist today and be ready for Tuesday:…
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 12, 2024
World Liberty Financial, built on the Aave protocol, will allocate 7% of WLFI tokens and 20% of future fees to Aave’s DAO. The sale aims to raise up to $537 million, with 30% of the tokens available to the public.
Critics have raised concerns about Trump’s past business failures and the potential conflict of interest this sale represents. The timing of the sale also raises debates about whether it aims to support Trump’s campaign or act as a fundraising tool.
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Donald Trump’s Chances of Winning a Landslide, According to Odds, Polls
With just a month remaining until the election, polls in all seven battleground states show the race within the margin of error, leaving the door open for either candidate to potentially sweep all key swing states.
While Harris maintains a slim national lead of 2 to 3 points and holds an edge in four swing states, recent polling has shifted more favorably for Trump.
An ActiVote poll now puts Trump 1 point ahead nationally, and a Fabrizio/McLaughlin poll shows him leading in every swing state. Pollster Nate Silver’s tracker shows that Trump has made gains in every swing state other than Georgia in the past week. This momentum raises the possibility of a landslide victory for Trump.
But what constitutes a landslide? There is no precise definition, but political scientist Gerald Hill told the Associated Press that “it usually means exceeding expectations and being somewhat overwhelming.”
Newsweek reached out to the Trump and Harris campaigns for comment via email.
270toWin
If we mean one candidate winning at least 100 more Electoral College votes than their opponent, there have been seven landslide election victories over the past 50 years.
To achieve this, Trump would have to win all seven battleground states and flip one state that Democrats won last time. According to poll tracker FiveThirtyEight, the closest race after the swing states that Democrats won last time would be Minnesota. Trump nearly won Minnesota in 2016 and is within striking distance this time, with Harris currently leading by 5.9 points.
Meanwhile, online betting platform Polymarket shows that Trump has a 10 percent chance of winning Minnesota in November. If this happened, and Trump won all the swing states, the former president would win 322 Electoral College votes to Harris’ 216, constituting a landslide victory.
Here’s a look at the state of play in key states and what it might mean for a potential landslide win.
Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
The key to victory in the 2016 and 2020 elections was winning Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, though neither Trump nor Biden’s victory was a landslide.
Trump narrowly won all three states in 2016, and Biden flipped them in 2020 when he also won by narrow margins.
FiveThirtyEight’s polling average shows that Harris is currently ahead by small margins in all three states.
In Pennsylvania, the most likely state to decide the election, Harris is currently polling 0.6 points ahead of Trump, according to FiveThirtyEight. Nate Silver’s polling tracker shows that her lead is slightly bigger in the state, at 1 point.
However, while Harris has a marginal lead in the state, which offers 19 electoral votes, recent polls have indicated that a Trump victory in Pennsylvania is not out of the question.
Silver’s tracker shows that Trump has gained 0.3 points in Pennsylvania since last week, bringing his vote share to 47.6 percent compared to Harris’ 48.6 percent. Harris was 1.3 points ahead in the state a week ago. RealClearPolitics’ tracker also shows that Trump gained 0.3 points in Pennsylvania after he and Harris tied in the state a week ago.
Meanwhile, in the past week, polls from TIPP Insights, Fabrizio, Lee and Associates, and Emerson College have shown Trump leading among likely voters by 1 point, with an Insider Advantage poll giving him a 2-point lead.
However, other polls, including TIPP Insights’ poll of registered voters, have Harris ahead by up to 4 points. A Research Co. poll put Harris 1 point ahead, while Quinnipiac University showed her leading by 2 to 3 points.
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The polls in Wisconsin and Michigan look less favorable for Harris, who currently leads by 0.6 points in the Badger State and 0.7 points in the Wolverine State, according to FiveThirtyEight. Silver’s tracker shows her leading by 1.2 points in Wisconsin and 1.1 points in Michigan.
According to Silver, Trump has gained 0.8 points in Wisconsin since last week, bringing his vote share up to 47.6 percent and cutting Harris’ 2-point lead almost in half. In Michigan, the Republicans have gained 0.9 points, cutting Harris’ lead down from 2 points a week ago.
Meanwhile, Harris only leads in one poll in each state conducted among likely voters in the past week, while polls have shown Trump leading by between 1 and 2 points.
Arizona and Nevada
The presidential race could come down to the wire in Arizona and Nevada, with recent polling showing the margin of victory could be razor-thin in each state.
Biden won Arizona in 2020 after Trump won it four years earlier, and this year, it could be too close to call. In Nevada, Biden scored a relatively narrow victory in 2020, though the state hasn’t given its Electoral College votes to a Republican since 2004.
Nonetheless, FiveThirtyEight’s polling average shows that Trump is ahead by 1.4 points in Arizona, while Harris leads by 0.5 points in Nevada. Silver’s tracker shows Trump with a 1.3-point lead in Arizona and Harris with a 1.5-point lead in Nevada.
Silver’s tracker also shows that Trump has gained 0.4 points in the polls in Nevada in the past week, while he has made a marginal gain of 0.1 in Arizona.
Not many polls have been conducted in either state since last week. However, the ones that were did not show promising results for Harris. In Nevada, a Fabrizio, Lee and Associates poll put Trump 3 points ahead. His lead was just within the poll’s margin of error of +/- 3.5 percent.
Meanwhile, a poll by Emerson College put Harris ahead by just 1 point, well within the poll’s margin of error of +/-3.2 percent.
In Arizona, three polls put Trump ahead by between 1 and 3 points. Those include polls by Fabrizio, Lee and Associates, where Harris trailed her opponent by 3 points; Emerson College, where Trump was ahead by 2 points; and ActiVote, where Trump was ahead by 1 point among 400 likely voters.
Harris only led in 1 poll conducted in the state this week, a SoCal Strategies survey conducted between October 5 and 7, which put her in the lead by 1 point among 735 likely voters.
Georgia and North Carolina
It’s a similarily close picture in Georgia and North Carolina. In Georgia, President Biden won a surprise victory in 2020 after Trump won the state in 2016, while Trump won North Carolina in 2016 and 2020.
Trump is leading in both states, with FiveThirtyEight’s poll tracker putting him ahead by 1 point in Georgia and 0.9 points in North Carolina. Silver’s tracker puts him ahead by 0.7 points in both states.
The former president has gained 0.2 points in North Carolina in the past week, while the Democrats have gained 0.3 points in Georgia since October 4, with Trump’s lead down from 1 point.
Only one poll has given Harris the lead in North Carolina in the past week. An ActiVote survey conducted between September 7 and October 6 put her 2 points ahead, within the poll’s margin of error of +/- 4.9 percent.
Meanwhile, polls conducted by Emerson College and Fabrizio, Lee and Associates put Trump 1 point ahead.
In Georgia, things look bleaker for Harris, as no poll has given her the lead in the past week.
Instead, a Fabrizio, Lee and Associates poll put Trump in the lead by 5 points, outside the poll’s margin of error. Meanwhile, a Trafalgar Group poll conducted between October 7 and 8 put Trump in the lead by 1 point. Emerson College’s poll showed Harris and Trump were tied.
Nonetheless, Trump’s gains across the swing states have been marginal, and Silver warned readers in his newsletter not to take them too seriously.
“This is pretty minor movement and could also just reflect noise,” he wrote.
Man Arrested For Allegedly Possessing Illegal Weapons Outside Donald Trump Rally
Donald Trump
Man Arrested Outside Rally …
Had Fake Credentials, Illegal Weapons Cops Say
A man who allegedly posessed multiple illegal weapons was arrested about a quarter of a mile from Donald Trump‘s Coachella rally.
According to the Riverside County sheriff’s office, 49-year-old Vem Miller was stopped at a checkpoint Saturday night not far from Trump’s Coachella Valley rally.
Riverside County Sheriff statement about man driving SUV taken into custody with weapons at a checkpoint outside Trump rally yesterday pic.twitter.com/wcqqGTgvmj
— Steve Lookner (@lookner) October 13, 2024
@lookner
Cops claim Miller was illegally in posession of a shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine. They say they took him into custody without incident.
There’s some confusion over the Miller’s alleged motivations … but, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco claims man presented fake VIP passes and press credentials to officers which led to the search of his vehicle.
🚨 #BREAKING: Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco just said he “doesn’t remember” saying they “probably thwarted a third ass*ssination attempt”
But he LATER says he “probably DID have deputies that “prevented the third ass*ssination attempt” based on what he knows.
What the… pic.twitter.com/CLyQtoTaH5
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) October 13, 2024
@nicksortor
Bianco also told the Riverside Press-Enterprise he believes his guys thwarted a third assassination attempt of the former prez … though he just walked those comments back in a press conference minutes ago.
Now, Bianco says his guys prepped well … and, he feels that prep stopped any sort of shooting from happening. The United States Attorney’s Office says they’re aware of the arrest, but it did not affect their protective measures or Trump’s safety. Their investigation is ongoing.
Of course, Thomas Matthew Crooks was the first person to try to assassinate former President Trump … clipping his ear in Butler, Pennsylvania back in July before Secret Service snipers took him down.
Then, just last month, a man named Ryan Wesley Routh allegedly stuck a barrel through the fence at a golf course Trump was at … but, Secret Service was able to fend off the attack.
Vem didn’t get as close as these other two allegedly did … and, his alleged motivations are still unknown.
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