On October 13, British aircraft will begin patrolling the region to monitor threats, and Royal Navy ships will be deployed to help resolve the humanitarian crisis.
The Argus is an emergency rescue ship that can act as a 100-bed hospital. Lyme Bay is an amphibious assault ship.
A company of Royal Marines will also operate in the region, as well as a P8 maritime patrol aircraft and three helicopters.
Earlier, The Times reported that Britain would send two navy ships to the eastern Mediterranean and begin observation flights over Israel in a show of support amid the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Also, the American aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford with a strike group arrived in the eastern Mediterranean to "deter any player" seeking to escalate the situation or expand the area of this war.