Trump calls Netanyahu amid efforts to calm tensions between Israel and Syria.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Monday evening, amid Washington's efforts to ease tensions between Tel Aviv and Damascus, according to Hebrew media.

Netanyahu's office stated: "The Prime Minister spoke shortly before with President Trump."

It added: "The two leaders emphasized in their conversation the importance and commitment to disarming Hamas and stripping the Gaza Strip of weapons, and discussed expanding peace agreements."

Trump invited Netanyahu to "meet at the White House in the near future," according to the same source.

While Netanyahu's statement did not mention Syria, the official Hebrew broadcasting authority reported that the phone call between the Israeli Prime Minister and Trump came against the backdrop of U.S. efforts to ease tensions between Israel and Syria following the Israeli incursion into the town of Beit Jann in the south of the country.

The authority added: "The United States is seeking to calm tensions between Israel and Syria after the incident that occurred last weekend, in which 6 Israeli soldiers were injured by gunfire directed at them in the village of Beit Jann in southern Syria."

For its part, the Hebrew newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth" reported that the Netanyahu-Trump call "came one day after he (Netanyahu) submitted a request for pardon to President (Israeli) Isaac Herzog, and shortly after Washington sent a clear message to Israel amid the tensions with Syria."

Repeatedly, Trump has urged Herzog to grant Netanyahu a presidential pardon to end his trial on corruption charges against him in Israel.