{"id":23815,"date":"2026-02-16T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T07:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/indonesia-readies-1000-troops-for-potential-peacekeeping-force-in-gaza-in-early-april\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:34","slug":"indonesia-readies-1000-troops-for-potential-peacekeeping-force-in-gaza-in-early-april","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/indonesia-readies-1000-troops-for-potential-peacekeeping-force-in-gaza-in-early-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia readies 1000 troops for potential peacekeeping force in Gaza in early April"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Indonesia is readying 1000 troops for potential deployment in Gaza by early April as part of a proposed multinational peacekeeping force, its army spokesperson said on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The final deployment decision will be made by Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Spokesperson Donny Pramono said, adding that a total of 8 000 soldiers will be ready for deployment by June.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8220;The departure schedule remains entirely subject to the political decisions of the state and applicable international mechanisms,&#8221; he said in a text message to Reuters.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The comments were made as Prabowo prepares to head to Washington for the first official meeting this week of the Board of Peace, chaired by United States President Donald Trump.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">The board&#8217;s creation was endorsed by a United Nations Security Council resolution as part of the Trump administration&#8217;s plan to end the war in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Indonesia&#8217;s foreign ministry on Saturday said its military&#8217;s participation in the United Nations mandated International Stabilisation Force in Gaza should not be interpreted as a normalisation of political relations with any party.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">Jakarta does not recognise or share any diplomatic relations with Israel.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span style=\"background-color: var(--global--color-background); color: var(--global--color-primary); font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23816,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-23815","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":null,"news_description":"Indonesia is readying 1000 troops for potential deployment in Gaza","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26669,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23815\/revisions\/26669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}