Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be tried as a war criminal over Israel's ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be tried as a war criminal over Israel's ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip.
In a speech to a meeting of an Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) committee in Istanbul, Erdogan said that Gaza is Palestinian land and will always belong to the Palestinians.
Erdogan has adopted a very tough stance towards Israel. He considers Hamas as a political organization. His statements are primarily aimed at strengthening his domestic public opinion and gaining support from the Arab world.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun met Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the US State Department on Sunday, opening a series of official talks in Washington. It marks the first visit to the American capital by a Lebanese head of state since Michel Sleiman was received by Barack Obama in 2009.
Israeli and Jordanian forces intercepted an Iranian missile aimed at the Jordanian city of Aqaba on Sunday, the Israeli military said, as air raid sirens sounded across Jordan.
Israel is preparing to receive more U.S. refuelling aircraft, an Israeli military official said on Sunday, as attacks launched by the United States and Iran have escalated over the past week.
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