Erdogan says Netanyahu will be tried as war criminal

Turkish President says Gaza is Palestinian land and will always belong to the Palestinians.

ISTANBUL - Turkish President 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 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) committee in Istanbul, Erdogan said that Gaza is Palestinian land and will always belong to the Palestinians.