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The Guardian - UK
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Julian Borger in Jerusalem

Indonesia prepares to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza as part of Trump plan

Indonesian soldiers at Domine Eduard Osok airport in 2019.
Indonesian soldiers at Domine Eduard Osok airport in 2019. The deployment of a significant number of foreign soldiers is likely to be fiercely opposed by the far-right members of Netanyahu’s coalition. Photograph: Antara Foto/Reuters

Indonesia has said it is preparing to send up to 8,000 troops to Gaza to be part of a peacekeeping force under Donald Trump’s Middle East plan.

The announcement by the army chief of staff, Gen Maruli Simanjuntak, makes Indonesia the first country to deliver a specific commitment to the international stabilisation force (ISF) envisaged as part of the second phase of the Trump plan.

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