US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has canceled a planned visit to Israel on Wednesday, according to two Israeli sources, following the latest escalation between Iran and the US.

Axar.az reports, citing CNN, Hegseth was expected to make his first visit to Israel as secretary of defense to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, the sources said.

He had also planned to visit Israeli air force bases.

One aim of Hegseth’s visit was to ease Israeli concerns over the potential sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to Turkey, which President Donald Trump has floated during the NATO summit in Ankara.