Indonesia Weighs Sending Up to 8,000 Troops for Gaza Peace Plan
A boy makes his way through debris following a reported Israeli strike on a camp housing displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Feb. 4.
Photographer: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images
Indonesia’s army is preparing up to 8,000 troops for a possible peacekeeping mission in Gaza, underscoring President Prabowo Subianto’s push for the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation to take on a bigger role in international security.
Army Chief of Staff Maruli Simanjuntak said the plan remains tentative, with troop numbers and deployment timing dependent on further coordination across the military chain of command, according to a statement late Monday.