JAKARTA - President Prabowo Subianto stated that the TNI troops would be sent to Gaza, Palestine, in the next 1-2 months.
In Gaza, as many as 8,000 TNI troops will serve with the International Stabilization Force (ISF), whose members are a combination of member countries of the Gaza Peace Council (BoP).
"Maybe not long, 1-2 months later," said President Prabowo when answering a journalist's question when he was met after the first High-Level Conference of the Peace Council (BoP Summit) in Gaza in Washington DC, United States, Thursday, February 19 afternoon local time.
Prabowo also mentioned the possibility of an advance team being sent to Gaza first.
The advance team was deployed in a not too large number of members, because their assignment mission included mapping the area and analyzing the risks during the time when the TNI troops would serve with the ISF.
On the same occasion, Prabowo also conveyed that Indonesia was trusted as the Deputy Commander of ISF.
"They asked us to be deputy commander," said President Prabowo.
Therefore, the President emphasized that Indonesia would appoint the best officers who would later represent Indonesia as Deputy Commander of the ISF.
"Yes, we choose, yes we look for the good one," said President Prabowo.
In the first Board of Peace Summit held at the Donald J Trump Institute of Peace, Washington DC, Thursday (19/2/2026) morning local time, President Prabowo reiterated Indonesia's readiness to send 8,000 TNI soldiers to serve with the ISF in Gaza, Palestine.
"The ceasefire (in Gaza) is a real achievement. We praise this achievement and for this we reaffirm our commitment to contribute to sending our soldiers in a significant number of 8,000, even more if needed," said President Prabowo when speaking at the Board of Peace Summit.
Meanwhile, ISF Commander Major General Jasper Jeffers, who comes from the US Armed Forces, stated that the forward projection was 20,000 soldiers and 12,000 police who would serve with the ISF to restore the post-war situation in Gaza.
Major General Jeffers said Rafah, which is in the southern Gaza Strip and borders Egypt, would be the first ISF target.
So far, in addition to Indonesia, other countries that will deploy their troops to serve with the ISF are Kazakhstan, Albania, Morocco, and Kosovo.
Meanwhile, Egypt and Morocco will also deploy their police to train police in Gaza, Palestine.
The Board of Peace Summit, led by President Trump, lasted for approximately 3 hours after all representatives from member countries, and key figures from the BoP core structure presented their views, as well as presenting their plans regarding the recovery and reconstruction of the Gaza Strip, Palestine.
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