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Hegseth said to cancel reported plan to visit Israel in coming days
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has reportedly canceled a visit to Israel that he was said to be planning for the coming days.
An Axios report earlier this week said Hegseth was intending to arrive in Israel on May 12, a day before US President Donald Trump begins his trip to Saudi Arabia, followed by Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. It would have been Hegseth’s first trip to Israel as defense secretary, and he was slated to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz.
But several Hebrew media outlets now say he has canceled the planned visit.
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