the Israeli-Palestinian conflict come to fruition.

Deadly protests in the Gaza strip leading up to and during the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem claimed the lives of 58 Palestinians and injured more than 2,700, CNN reported.

The MEU never mobilized its forces to evacuate personnel during the embassy move, but it did practice such an operation a month prior in Jordan.

On April 25, 2018, as part of the annual Eager Lion exercise in Jordan, the 26th MEU carried out a "full mission profile" of a noncombatant evacuation operation, according to the chronology.

During the exercise, Marine inserted security augments and evacuated 36 Department of State and military personnel to the Iwo Jima, the chronology detailed. The 36 evacuated personnel received a tour of the ship before departing.

The 26th MEUalso participated in the biennial exercise held in Israel known as Juniper Cobra in March 2018, several months before the embassy move to Jerusalem.

Marine Corps Times reached out to the Marine Corps, US Central Command and US European Command regarding the 26th MEU's response to the Jerusalem embassy move and did not receive a response.