US War Secretary Pete Hegseth canceled a planned visit to Israel on Wednesday in which he was meant to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.

Hegseth, who is in Ankara alongside US President Donald Trump for the NATO summit, was expected to make a brief visit against the backdrop of the American strikes against Iran.

The US strikes took place overnight, in response to a series of attacks carried out by Tehran against three commercial tankers in the waters of Oman, near the Strait of Hormuz.