[6] On 17 November 2018, Riyad al-Maliki, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, visited the Maldives and met his counterpart Abdulla Shahid.

[8] Mohamed Nasheed Abdulla, Maldivian member of parliament, proposed the banning of Israeli passport holders to the Maldives.

[9] Maldivians expressed solidarity with Palestine during the war and has held mass rallies and boycotted Israeli products.

[12] Maldives had joined South Africa's case against Israel and delivered a statement to the International Court of Justice on behalf of the Government of Palestine and the Palestinian people.

[17][18] Critics also noticed how the government was late to condemn the attack which raised questions on President Muizzu's foreign policy.