Florida, Dec. 30 -- US President Donald Trump on Monday said a pardon for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an ongoing corruption case is "on its way," claiming that Israeli President Isaac Herzog had conveyed this to him, even as Herzog's office later denied any such remarks.

Speaking to the press at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida during a joint appearance with Netanyahu, Trump strongly backed the Israeli leader. "How do you not give a pardon? He is a wartime prime minister who is a hero," Trump said. "I spoke with President Isaac Herzog. He tells me it is on its way."

However, President Herzog's office soon contradicted Trump's statement. In a clarification cited by CNN, the office said, "There has been no conversation be...