# Brief: US sending more troops to Middle East even as it withdraws from Iraq

https://mins.news/en/video/85239

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-10-04 09:55 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zomrD1UcuY

> The programme says that 368 days into a ceasefire, Israel has killed at least 1,439 Palestinians in Gaza. The United States is dispatching more soldiers and ships to the Middle East while completing its military withdrawal from Iraq. Gaza has held another mass funeral, and at least 74,040 Palestinians have been killed there by Israel since October 7, 2023.

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