More than 500 Palestinians were killed during Israel ’ s blistering assault on Gaza in July 2014 .
On 21 July 2014 , Maldives announced plans to ban the import of goods made in Israel and dissolved three agreements between the two countries , as Israel underwent an assault on Gaza , a large Palestinian death toll led Maldives Foreign minister Dunya Maumoon to announce that the Maldives would join other Arab nations in co-sponsoring a resolution at a special session of the UN Human Rights Council ( HRC ) calling for the protection of an independent Palestinian state and the extension of humanitarian aid .
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