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Cops Confirm No Threat To Donald Trump’s Rally Following Report of ‘Explosives’ Found In Car
Authorities have assured that there is no danger to the site of former President Donald Trump’s rally on Long Island, despite the discovery of “explosives” in a nearby vehicle.
A representative from the Nassau County Police Department confirmed to DailyMail.com that there was a “suspicious incident” on Wednesday ahead of Trump’s scheduled speech, which is expected to draw thousands of supporters.
However, the police have clarified that the earlier claim of an “explosive device” being found is not accurate.
This latest report of a potential security breach follows the recent arrest of a man who was allegedly attempting to assassinate the former president while he was golfing at his Palm Beach club just three days prior.
Law enforcement remains vigilant in the hours leading up to Trump’s appearance.
Earlier in the day, sources from the Nassau County Police Department reportedly informed journalist James Lalino that the security perimeter at the rally site had been compromised, and that a blue barrel had been removed.
Additionally, during a sweep by K9 units, it was alleged that an explosive device was located in one of the vehicles in the area.
The same sources claimed that the driver of the vehicle fled into a wooded area.
“No one saw if he had anything with him; they just witnessed him run away. Cars are starting to park everywhere—lining Hempstead Turnpike and even parking at Eisenhower Park,” the source told Lalino, according to a post on X.
A large number of Trump supporters are anticipated to gather on Long Island today, ahead of the 7 p.m. ET rally at the Nassau Coliseum.
Many in the crowd had already gathered, with some camping overnight to secure good seats inside the arena.
Doors to the venue are set to open at 3 p.m. ET, yet many attendees had already arrived, wearing Trump-themed clothing, hats, buttons, and waving flags in support of the former president.
The Nassau County Police Department told DailyMail.com they are preparing a formal statement to address the alleged security issue.
In response to security concerns, Trump has opted to hold more indoor events, especially since the assassination attempt on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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‘Use It Or Lose It’: Israel Reportedly Triggered Pagers Amid Fears Plot Had Been Exposed
Israel unleashed their strategy to detonate pagers used by Hezbollah members due to concerns that the plot might soon be uncovered by the Iran-supported terror group, according to three US officials speaking with Axios.
“It was a use it or lose it moment,” a US official stated to explain Israel’s decision to execute the attack yesterday.
Although Israel has been identified as responsible for the large-scale, coordinated assault, there has been no official response from Jerusalem.
An ex-Israeli official informed Axios that the plan was initially to deploy the exploding pagers as the first move in a full-scale conflict with the terror group. However, recent fears arose that the devices might be discovered before they could be used.
Axios reports that Al Monitor indicated two Hezbollah members had recently expressed worries about the pagers.
According to Axios, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant informed the US just moments before the attack that an operation was imminent, though he did not provide specifics.
Yesterday afternoon, at least nine individuals lost their lives, and thousands sustained injuries as pagers carried by Hezbollah members across Lebanon detonated.
The unprecedented series of explosions, which also reportedly resulted in casualties in Syria and injuries to the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, created turmoil in a region already bracing for potential large-scale conflict.
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HERE WE GO AGAIN: More Hezbollah Comms Devices Explode Across Beirut, Southern Lebanon
More communications devices used by Hezbollah terrorists exploded on Wednesday afternoon across the group’s main stronghold in Beirut and in Southern Lebanon, Reuters reported, citing a security source.
The Hezbollah devices that exploded on Wednesday afternoon are hand-held radios, the Lebanese source told the press agency.
At least one of the blasts took place in the vicinity of a funeral for terrorists killed on Tuesday, when thousands of Hezbollah pagers detonated all over the country, according to eyewitness reports.
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Trump Says ‘Only Consequential Presidents Get Shot At’
Former President Donald Trump, addressing a crowd in Flint, Michigan, on Tuesday, implied that multiple assassination attempts against him were a result of the significant impact of his presidency. He argued that only presidents who make a substantial difference face such threats.
“You know, only consequential presidents get shot at,” Trump asserted during a town hall event, referring to the fact that the Secret Service had recently thwarted a second assassination attempt against him in two months.
“The endeavor of running for president is fraught with peril,” Trump remarked to Arkansas Governor Sarah Sanders, who moderated the discussion.
“Being president brings its own risks,” he continued. “People think race car driving is risky—no. They think bull riding is perilous—no. This job is dangerous, and it’s crucial that we ensure it remains secure.”
“God is not done with President Trump,” affirmed Sanders, who previously served as his White House Press Secretary.
“He’s the toughest guy I know and the fighter our country most desperately needs right now,” she added.
Trump mentioned a “pleasant conversation” with President Biden and received a “very, very nice” phone call from Vice President Kamala Harris following the recent scare at his West Palm Beach golf club.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was apprehended and charged with federal firearm offenses after allegedly hiding in the bushes near Trump’s golf course with an AK-47 rifle.
“These guys do a great job,” Trump commented about the Secret Service’s handling of the situation. “Now – they do need more people. And they’ve been complaining about that for a long time. But they did a great job.”
“This guy was all set to do his number,” Trump said of Routh, describing his setup outside the golf course as “sophisticated.”
Trump also praised the woman who followed Routh and recorded his license plate number, which enabled law enforcement to quickly apprehend him.
“See, women are smarter than men,” Trump said of the observant woman, adding, “I’d like to meet her. I’m going to meet her, I hope.”
On policy issues, Trump criticized the move by Chinese automakers to establish factories in Mexico, seemingly to avoid tariffs and import electric vehicles into the United States.
“They’re owned and built by China in Mexico, and there are a number of them going up right now,” he said of the car manufacturing plants south of the border.
“They think they’re going to make their cars there, and they’re going to sell them across our line, and we’re going to take them and we’re not going to charge them tax – we’re going to charge them,” Trump promised.
“I’m telling you right now, I’m putting a 200% tariff on, which means they’re unsellable, unsellable in the United States,” he added.
“And then you wonder why I get shot at, right?” Trump joked.
“When I say something like that, you have countries saying, ‘This guy,’ but what can you do?” he contended. “You have to do what you have to do, right? We have to be brave. Otherwise, we’re not going to have a country left.”
Trump is among the 15 U.S. presidents who have survived assassination attempts. Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were assassinated while in office, after having narrowly avoided earlier attempts on their lives.
Former President Andrew Jackson survived an assassination attempt in 1835 at the U.S. Capitol when the attacker’s gun misfired.
Former Presidents Gerald Ford and Franklin Roosevelt were shot at close range by would-be assassins, who missed their targets.
During the presidencies of Barack Obama, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton, shooters fired at the White House, and in 1994, a disturbed individual even crashed a small plane onto the South Lawn in an unsuccessful attempt to kill Clinton.
Former Presidents Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt, who was also on the campaign trail at the time, were struck by bullets but survived.
Former Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, Harry S. Truman, and Herbert Hoover also had assassination attempts thwarted before they could be executed.
In a Fox News segment that aired after the Flint town hall, Trump acknowledged the criticism aimed at the Secret Service and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas following the two recent assassination attempts. However, he expressed satisfaction with the Secret Service’s performance in this particular case.
“In this case, it was something that worked out very well,” he said.
When questioned about whether the Secret Service should have secured the golf course’s perimeter before his outing, Trump said, “I can’t say.”
“I just said, ‘Let’s go play a quick round,’” he told Fox News host Sean Hannity, “because it’s all business for me.”
“It’s my only little bit of a form of exercise,” he said of his passion for golf, arguing that presidents and candidates should be able to pursue their activities safely.
“But Butler is a very different story,” Trump remarked about the first assassination attempt. “You know, somebody should have been on that building, and that’s a different story.”
Trump noted that his campaign has consistently requested additional Secret Service agents at events, and he anticipates that this will be addressed moving forward.
“That’s the weakness, if, if there’s a weakness,” he said regarding the apparent shortage of Secret Service personnel at his rallies.
“We’ve long requested more people … I will say, in Butler, we wanted more people. I heard them say it, you know, ‘We need more people here for security,’ and we never seem to get that. And I think we are getting it now,” Trump said. “Somebody told me that they will be providing more people now.”
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Gedolim Call for Atzeres Tefillah Amid Threats to Torah World
A poster was released last night announcing an atzeres tefillah in response to growing concerns about threats to the Torah world and the Olam Hayeshivos in Eretz Yisroel.
The poster says that this large-scale gathering, set for this month of Elul, aims to bring together thousands of Jews to cry out in tefillah and protest, pleading to Hashem “lehaavir es ro’a hagezeirah.”
The atzeres is being organized in response to governmental decrees that are seen as endangering the integrity of Torah institutions and the broader Torah community.
The poster does not delineate the date or location of this planned atzeres.
The poster contains various signatories at its bottom half. First listed are admorim, including the Satmar Rebbe Rav Aharon Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe Rav Zalman Leib Teitelbaum, the Pupa Rebbe, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Monsey, the Bobov-45 Rebbe, the Vienner Rov, the Vizhnitzer Rebbe of Williamsburg, as well as Rav Avrohom Yehoshua Heshel Bick and other Chassidishe rabbonim.
Beneath those names, the poster lists names of gedolei roshei yeshivos: Rav Malkiel Kotler, rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood; Rav Yeruchem Olshin, rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood; Rav Dovid Tzvi Schustal, rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood; Rav Yisroel Tzvi Neuman, rosh yeshiva of Beth Medrash Govoha of Lakewood; Rav Elya Ber Wachtfogel, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Gedolah Zichron Moshe of South Fallsburg; Rav Shlomo Feivel Schustal, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Tiferes Yerachmiel of Lakewood; Rav Asher Kalmanowitz, rosh yeshiva of Mirrer Yeshiva of Brooklyn; Rav Yitzchok Sorotzkin, rosh yeshiva of Mesivta of Lakewood; Rav Shlomo Halioua, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin of Brooklyn; and Rav Yaakov Shraga Horowitz, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Bais Meir of Boro Park.
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NY Times Report: Israel Hid Explosives In Pagers, Detonated With Message Impersonating Hezbollah Leadership
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that Israel was responsible for the detonation of pagers used by Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon.
The report, which cited American and other sources, explained that the operation involved placing explosive material inside a fresh shipment of Taiwanese-made pagers sent to Lebanon.
Hezbollah had ordered the pagers from Gold Apollo, a manufacturer based in Taiwan. However, according to some officials who spoke to The New York Times, the devices were altered before reaching Lebanon. While most of the pagers were from the AP924 model, the shipment also included three other models from the same company.
Two officials detailed that the explosives, which weighed between one and two ounces, were inserted near the battery inside each pager. They also mentioned that a switch was added, allowing the explosives to be set off remotely.
At 3:30 p.m. in Lebanon, the pagers reportedly received what seemed to be a routine message from Hezbollah’s leadership, but in reality, this triggered the explosives, two officials told the newspaper.
Three officials further explained that the pagers were programmed to emit a series of beeps for a few seconds before detonating.
Hezbollah had purchased over 3,000 pagers from Gold Apollo, with several officials noting that the devices were distributed to members across Lebanon, and some even reached Hezbollah affiliates in Iran and Syria.
According to Lebanese reports, the explosions that took place on Tuesday resulted in 11 fatalities and left at least 4,000 people wounded.
Earlier in the day, Sky News’ Arabic division reported that the Mossad had planted the explosive material inside the pagers’ batteries and triggered them by raising the temperature of the batteries.
A security official from Lebanon told Al Jazeera that the pagers had been booby-trapped before being delivered to Hezbollah.
Hezbollah has accused Israel of orchestrating the explosions and has threatened retaliation. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi denounced the incident, labeling it a “terrorist act” and holding Israel responsible.
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Watch: Israel Will ‘Not Accept Responsibility’ For Pager Explosions: Counterterrorism Expert
In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people and wounding thousands more. Samuel Katz, a counterterrorism expert and author who has written extensively about the elite special forces of Israel’s military, joins NewsNation’s “Dan Abrams Live” to discuss.
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