HAMILTON, Canada

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is currently chaired by Türkiye, urged the UN Security Council on Thursday to "take firm measures" against Israel following its airstrike in Doha, Qatar.

Delivering a statement on behalf of the OIC, Türkiye's UN envoy Ahmet Yildiz condemned "in the strongest terms this despicable and unwarranted attack against the State of Qatar and in flagrant violation of its territorial sovereignty and national security."

"There is no doubt that this dastardly action constitutes a blatant violation of the norms of international law and certainly the Charter of the United Nations, much as it represents an overt threat to both the security of the Middle East region and indeed international peace and security," Yildiz said.

He described the Israeli strike as "state terrorism" and part of "systematic policies and ongoing efforts by Israel to destabilize the region."

Reaffirming the OIC's solidarity, Yildiz said: "We stand united in support of the right and duty of the State of Qatar to respond decisively to any reckless breach or aggression that threatens its security and jeopardizes regional stability."

Calling on the Council to take action, he said: "We call on the UN Security Council to take firm measures in the face of this unjustified use of armed force against the sovereignty of Qatar."

"Accordingly, we call on the Security Council to hold Israel accountable for this act of aggression against Qatar," he added.

Israel targeted the Palestinian group Hamas’ negotiating delegation in the Qatari capital Doha on Tuesday with an airstrike that the group described as “failed.”

The strike killed several people, including Hammam al-Hayya, son of the movement’s Gaza leader Khalil al-Hayya, his office director Jihad Lubad, three aides and Qatari security officer Badr al-Dosari.

Hamas political bureau member Suhail al-Hindi told Al Jazeera TV that “the movement’s leadership, headed by Khalil al-Hayya and Zaher Jabarin, survived the cowardly assassination attempt,” explaining that the bombing took place during a meeting of the negotiating team to discuss a US ceasefire proposal for Gaza.