The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has reportedly delayed its ground operation into Gaza for a variety of reasons including the belief that an Iranian-backed terrorist group might be planning a surprise attack the moment Israel deploys its forces.

The news comes after more than 1,400 Israelis were murdered in one of the largest terrorist attacks in history last weekend that was carried out by Palestinian terrorists in Hamas.

The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli Military sources told the newspaper that there is growing fear that the Lebanese-based terrorist group Hezbollah was waiting for the IDF to get fully immersed in fighting inside Gaza before launching a full-scale war against Israel from the north.

Hezbollah has launched small-scale attacks against Israel in recent days which have been easily defeated by Israeli forces. However, the military sources cautioned this could be part of “an elaborate fake-out to lure the IDF into a false sense of security, similar to what Hamas pulled off in the south,” the report said.

Israeli officials are wanting to make sure they beef up their military capabilities in the north and make sure that they are not missing any signals from their intelligence counterparts.

Israeli officials also want to make sure that they have their ducks in a row before launching the ground offensive since the IDF has not conducted an operation like this in decades.

A short while ago, the IAF struck terror targets and military infrastructure of the Hezbollah terrorist organization in Lebanon, in response to fire yesterday (Monday) towards Israel. pic.twitter.com/6AP56PSHld

— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) October 17, 2023

The Associated Press reported that Hezbollah has deployed snipers in recent days to destroy Israeli surveillance cameras at Israeli army posts near the Israel-Lebanon border

The terrorist group, which Israel considers its top nearby threat, wants to stop Israel’s ability to monitor its movements near the border

President Joe Biden deployed a second aircraft carrier to the region last week to join the USS Ford strike carrier group that is already positioned there. The administration also sent fighter jets from the Air Force and a rapid response force of 2,000 Marines to the area.

The primary super PAC backing Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) presidential campaign announced this week in a memo to donors that it was canceling planned television advertisements this fall.

The New York Times reported that the Trust in the Mission PAC signaled it was cutting “millions of dollars in television ads” which comes after millions of dollars in ad buys have “hardly budged” Scott’s numbers in the polls.

“We aren’t going to waste our money when the electorate isn’t focused or ready for a Trump alternative,” wrote Rob Collins, co-chairman of the super PAC. “We have done the research. We have studied the focus groups. We have been following Tim on the trail. This electorate is locked up and money spent on mass media isn’t going to change minds until we get a lot closer to voting.”

He added that the super PAC would still fund its “grassroots door knocking, conduit fundraising, event hosting, and earned media efforts.”

The Washington Post reported that some of the money from the ads that are being canceled will be redirected to Scott’s ground game in early primary states.

The Times noted that the pulled television ads — combined with Scott’s lackluster performance in the most recent fundraising quarter as his poll numbers sit at 2% in the most recent RealClearPolitics average — is being seen in political circles as donors “all but abandoning Mr. Scott.”

It’s not clear just how many ads the super PAC is canceling, but the report noted that it could be in excess of $15 million.

Collins also took a shot at former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley in the memo, saying that “no serious person thinks a moderate will win this primary no matter how many elite insiders champion their candidacies.”

“In a news environment dominated by two wars and a chaotic scrum over the Speakership, TV money will simply be wasted,” the memo said. “Voters are tuning out a political race where no one will caucus for more than three months.”

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