The US Central Command announced, on Sunday, the arrival of the Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier fleet to the Middle East as part of strengthening its regional positioning.

The command said in a tweet on Twitter that Dwight Eisenhower's group arrived in the Middle East and the US Central Command area of responsibility as part of further strengthening its regional position.

The group consists of the aircraft carrier and guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), the guided-missile destroyers USS Mason (DDG 87) and the destroyer squadron (DDG 107), Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 3 with its nine squadrons, and the Information Warfare Commander.

The aircraft carrier Dwight Eisenhower, along with its accompanying group of ships, will join the aircraft carrier Gerald Ford, which Washington deployed in the region following the attacks launched by Hamas on Israel on October 7.

The dispatch of the aircraft carrier, according to what US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced last month, comes within the framework of “deterring hostile actions against Israel or any efforts to expand the war in the wake of the attack launched by Hamas” on Israel.

On October 7, Hamas launched the most violent attack on Israel, and at least 1,400 people were killed in Israel, the majority of whom were civilians who died in the first days of the attacks, according to the authorities. Hamas is holding 241 hostages, according to the army.

So far, 9,488 people have been killed as a result of the Israeli bombing of Gaza, most of them civilians, including 3,900 children, according to a toll announced by the Hamas government on Saturday.