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Israel Recommends Citizens to Avoid Maldives after Ban

Israeli army tanks are seen stationed in an area of Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on June 2, 2024. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
Israeli army tanks are seen stationed in an area of Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on June 2, 2024. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
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Israel Recommends Citizens to Avoid Maldives after Ban

Israeli army tanks are seen stationed in an area of Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on June 2, 2024. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
Israeli army tanks are seen stationed in an area of Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip on June 2, 2024. (Photo by Menahem KAHANA / AFP)

Israel's foreign ministry on Sunday recommended that Israeli citizens not travel to the Maldives after its government banned the entry of visitors with Israeli passports.

The recommendation, the Israeli ministry said, includes Israelis with dual citizenship.

"For Israeli citizens already in the country, it is recommended to consider leaving, because if they find themselves in distress for any reason, it will be difficult for us to assist," the ministry said in a statement.

The Maldivian president's office said Sunday that the Cabinet decided to change laws to prevent Israeli passport holders from entering the country and to establish a subcommittee to oversee the process.
It said President Mohamed Muizu will appoint a special envoy to assess the Palestinian needs and to launch a fundraising campaign.

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1 Dead as Russia Strikes Ukraine with Drones, Missiles

03 October 2024, Ukraine, Kharkiv: Firefighters put out fire in a residential building damaged by a Russian guided missile strike. Photo: -/Ukrinform/dpa
03 October 2024, Ukraine, Kharkiv: Firefighters put out fire in a residential building damaged by a Russian guided missile strike. Photo: -/Ukrinform/dpa
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1 Dead as Russia Strikes Ukraine with Drones, Missiles

03 October 2024, Ukraine, Kharkiv: Firefighters put out fire in a residential building damaged by a Russian guided missile strike. Photo: -/Ukrinform/dpa
03 October 2024, Ukraine, Kharkiv: Firefighters put out fire in a residential building damaged by a Russian guided missile strike. Photo: -/Ukrinform/dpa

One person has died after Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight with 87 Shahed drones and four different types of missiles, officials said Sunday.
A 49-year-old man was killed in the Kharkiv region after his car was hit by a drone, said regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov. A gas pipeline was also damaged and a warehouse set alight in the city of Odesa, Ukrainian officials reported.
Ukraine’s air force said in a statement that air defenses had destroyed 56 of the 87 drones and two missiles over 14 Ukrainian regions, including the capital, Kyiv.
Another 25 drones disappeared from radar “presumably as a result of anti-aircraft missile defense,” it said.

Kyiv city military administrator Serhiy Popko said air defenses destroyed all the drones that had been aimed at the capital. No injuries were reported.
Air raid alerts for Kyiv and the surrounding region were announced three times throughout the night, totaling more than five hours, Popko added.
The barrage comes a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday that he will present his “victory plan” at the Oct. 12 meeting of the Ramstein group of nations that supplies arms to Ukraine.
Zelenskyy presented his plan to US President Joe Biden in Washington last week. Its contents have not been made public but it is known that the plan includes Ukrainian membership in NATO and the provision of long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.
In a statement Sunday, the Ukrainian leader paid tribute to the country’s troops, which he also described as “preparing (for) the next Ramstein.”
“They demonstrate what Ukrainians are capable of when they have enough weapons and sufficient range,” he said in a statement on social media. “We will keep convincing our partners that our drones alone are not enough. More decisive steps are needed — and the end of this war will be closer.”