Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to meet with Donald Trump in Washington on Monday amid expectations the US president will formally recognize the Jewish state's sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

But Netanyahu announced that he would cut the visit short following his meeting with Trump, after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a house north of Tel Aviv, wounding seven Israelis.

Trump broke with longstanding international consensus last week over the status of the Golan Heights, which Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 Six Day War, saying the US should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the strategic plateau.

Israel's foreign minister said the US president will go one step further on Monday when he welcomes Netanyahu -- who is looking for an electoral boost ahead of April 9 parliamentary polls -- to the White House.

"President Trump will sign tomorrow in the presence of PM Netanyahu an order recognizing Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights," Israel Katz tweeted. Netanyahu has long pushed for such recognition, and many analysts saw Trump's statement, which came in a tweet on Thursday, as a campaign gift.

Netanyahu is locked in a tough election fight with a centrist political alliance headed by former military chief Benny Gantz and ex-finance minister Yair Lapid.

New opinion polls last week showed Netanyahu losing ground to his electoral rivals, and the Washington visit was seen as an opportunity to regain momentum.

The prime minister was scheduled to have a "working meeting" at the White House on Monday and a dinner on Tuesday, and was also due to address the annual conference in Washington of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) lobby.