Overview
- Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said up to 20,000 personnel have been prepared with tasks centered on healthcare and construction rather than combat.
- No timeline or final mandate has been set, with President Prabowo Subianto to decide on any deployment after international authorization.
- Reuters reported the United States has circulated a draft for a multinational force that could use all necessary measures to demilitarise Gaza, secure borders, and protect civilians and aid delivery.
- Al Jazeera reported ongoing diplomacy around the U.S. proposal, including talks during Jordan’s King Abdullah’s state visit to Indonesia and a Russian counter-proposal at the UN.
- AFP verified that a widely shared video of Israeli soldiers mocking Indonesia’s offer was AI-generated, citing a Google SynthID watermark and tracing it to an October 28 post by an AI content page.