ISTANBUL, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Information ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Saturday urged the international community to take immediate measures to protect journalists assigned in the Gaza Strip from Israeli attacks.

The ministers hold an extraordinary session in Türkiye's Istanbul over the killings of almost 130 journalists in the region since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October last year.

At a final communique adopted at the end of the meeting, the ministers called on the international community to act immediately to hold Israel accountable for violating international law by targeting journalists in the Gaza Strip.

In a video message sent to the meeting, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Israel was exploiting its supremacy in global media organizations and stepping up its disinformation activities.

"It is one of our responsibilities as Islamic countries to prevent lies from obscuring the truth," noted the Turkish president, adding that "preventing Israel's disinformation efforts are among our most important tasks."

Speaking at the session, OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha called on member states to support Palestinian media institutions in terms of infrastructure and equipment.

Taha also urged media outlets of the member states to increase their coverage of the Palestinian issue.

The meeting was hosted by the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye's Directorate of Communications under the theme "Disinformation Activities and Attacks on Journalists and Media Organizations of the Occupying Israeli Administration in the Occupied Palestinian Territory." Enditem

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