Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) has donated more than MVR 500,000 to support the people of Palestine.

MPL donated the money to two funds in the Maldives to help people in need in Palestine. As such, MPL has donated a total of MVR 565,000.

MPL donated the money to the Palestine Relief Fund run by the Maldives Red Crescent and the Gaza Emergency Relief Fund run by the International Aid Campaign (IAC).

This money include the donation by the company and donations by it's staff.

MPL has also decided to set up fund boxes in various areas to help Palestine. MPL also assures the full cooperation and assistance of the company and its employees to the various activities being conducted in Maldives to seek additional assistance to the Palestinian people.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says that more than 8,500 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air raids since October 7.

The figure includes more than 3,500 children.

According to the latest information publicized by the UNICEF, at least 940 children have been reported missing in Gaza, adding infant dehydration is a growing threat with only five percent of normal water output. The UNICEF spokesperson James Elder told a UN press briefing in Geneva, that “Gaza has become a graveyard of children,”.

Furthermore, the World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a grave warning that Gaza was on the brink of a “public health catastrophe” due to overcrowding, widespread displacement, and severe damage to water and sanitation facilities.

While the attacks from Israel keeps escalating, Gaza’s health ministry has risen concern that the Israeli military keeps deliberately targeting hospitals and medical centers in the Gaza Strip.

The ministry's spokesperson, Ashraf al-Qudra, has stated that violations against medical teams are ongoing, with 130 medical staff have lost their lives. He noted that the occupiers has so far attacked 57 medical institutions, and that 32 medical centres are out of service because of being targeted or lack of fuel.

Israel declared war on Palestine after Hamas launched a mass military operation into the territory of Israel on October 7 in response to Israeli violation of the Al Aqsa Mosque. Attacks on Palestinians by Israeli settlers have since spiked, with no intention of stopping.