Jordan will allow Israel to use its airspace to thwart a possible Iranian attack, according to the Israeli Channel 12 was reported, citing an informed official in Jordan’s capital.

“There is an underlying security interest and that is the policy, just as it was in April when Jordan helped Israel stop the Iranian attack. Ultimately, it is an ally of the United States,” the source reportedly said.

Jordan officially denied on Friday that it would allow any party to use its airspace for military purposes amid growing tensions between Israel and Iran.

The Jordanian state-owned company News television Al-Mamlaka quoted an informed source as saying the kingdom “will not allow any party to use its airspace under any circumstances and will not allow any warring party to respond militarily at this time.”

Israel is expecting an attack from Iran in response to the July 31 assassination of Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, which is widely attributed to Israel. Hezbollah leader Fouad Shukr was also killed in an Israeli attack on Beirut last week.

The Iranian mission to the United Nations said this week that Iran’s retaliation against Israel would be carried out in a manner that would “not be detrimental” to a possible ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

“Our priority is to establish a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. Any agreement accepted by Hamas will also be recognized by us. The Israeli regime has violated our national security and sovereignty through its latest act of terror,” the Iranian mission in New York said in a statement, adding that the regime “has a legitimate right to self-defense, a matter that has nothing whatsoever to do with the ceasefire in Gaza.”

This week, the United States, Qatar and Egypt called on Israel and Hamas to resume ceasefire talks, with the three countries offering to present a “last stopgap proposal” if no compromise could be reached.

Israel announced late Thursday that it would send a delegation to ceasefire talks next week, to be held in either Doha or Cairo.