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Reference News reported on August 26WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has requested that two aircraft carrier battle groups be deployed in the Middle East to strengthen the U.S. military presence amid heightened tensions in the region, the Pentagon said on Friday.

The decision, reportedly mentioned in a call with Israel's defense minister, represents a shift from the Pentagon's initial deployment of the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier group to the region to replace the USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier group.

According to a report on the Russian Satellite News Agency website on August 26, the Pentagon issued a message saying: "The Secretary of Defense reiterated Israel's right to self-defense and continued to support Israel's defense against Iran and its regional partners. As a form of support, Austin ordered two aircraft carrier strike groups to continue to be stationed in the region."

On the 25th, Hezbollah in Lebanon announced that it would launch a large-scale attack on Israel in retaliation for Israel's assassination of the organization's senior military commander Fuad Shukair. On the same day, the Israeli Ministry of Defense said that it had carried out a "precision strike" on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, thwarting Hezbollah's threats. (Compiled by Li Sha)