US Deploying Marines Into Middle East to Support Israel

President Joe Biden landed in Israel as the Marines deployed. The United States has also sent Air Force fighter groups to the region.

Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh in Arlington, Va., in a file image. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

A unit of U.S. Marines has been directed to move into the Middle East to support Israel in its war with the Hamas terrorist group, U.S. officials said on Oct. 17.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to move into the region, Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh told reporters during a briefing.