Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone with US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and discussed the Gaza ceasefire deal, Al Jazeera reports according to the Axios news site, which cites two US sources “briefed on the call”.

“One source said Trump’s call was intended to encourage Netanyahu to take the deal, but stressed he didn’t know if this is indeed what the former president told Netanyahu,” the news site reports.

Netanyahu’s office did not deny the call took place, and the Trump campaign declined to comment to Axios and has yet to respond to other media requests to corroborate the report.