(JNS) Iran urged the 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to impose an oil boycott on Israel during a meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, October 18.

The urgent meeting was convened to discuss the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, “The foreign minister calls for an immediate and complete embargo on Israel by Islamic countries, including oil sanctions, in addition to expelling Israeli ambassadors if relations with the Zionist regime have been established.”

The Islamic Republic’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also called for assembling a team of Islamic lawyers to document potential Israeli war crimes in the Gaza Strip.

Iran urged the embargo after a blast detonated at a Gaza hospital, allegedly killing hundreds. The event sparked widespread protests in Arab states, which blamed Israel.

Israel provided ample evidence, including video, that the incident was caused by an errant Islamic Jihad missile that went off course, a fairly common occurrence.