In a series of tweets, Nasheed, who is the interim president of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), said that Israel and Palestine should work for peace, a two-state solution and “a credible Palestinian state.” He also called on Israel to cease hostilities in Gaza. “All human rights defenders must raise their voice against the indiscriminate killings in Gaza,” one of his tweets read. Five Palestinian children were among 25 people killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza early Thursday, medics said, with most of the bloodshed in the southern city of Khan Yunis. The deaths bring to 76 the overall number of Gazans killed since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge early on Tuesday to halt cross-border rocket fire. There have been no Israeli deaths so far, but Hamas has launched waves of rockets across central Israel that have triggered sirens in cities as far from Gaza as Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa.