2,000 US troops are ordered to be ready to possibly deploy to the Middle East.
FILE PHOTO: BE'ERI, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 14: A home destroyed during the attack by Hamas is seen within Kibbutz Be'eri on October 14, 2023 in Be'eri, Israel. Over 110 residents of the small community were killed during the attack on October 7, 2023. Israel has sealed off Gaza and launched sustained retaliatory air strikes, which have killed at least 1,400 people with more than 400,000 displaced, after a large-scale attack by Hamas.
However, on Monday, a U.S. official said that a U.S. Marines rapid response force consisting of about 2,000 Marines and sailorsThe Pentagon also extended the deployment of the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its accompanying warships. The carrier is now in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. “The increases to U.S. force posture signal the United States’ ironclad commitment to Israel’s security and our resolve to deter any state or non-state actor seeking to escalate this war,” Austin said in a
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