Overview

• Prabowo arrived in Sharm El‑Sheikh on Oct. 13 after a last‑minute invitation to a leaders’ meeting aiming to finalize a Gaza ceasefire.
• He was expected to witness the signing of a peace and ceasefire agreement at the summit hosted by Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al‑Sisi.
• State officials said the Indonesian Armed Forces have been instructed to prepare a potential peacekeeping deployment, contingent on a positive outcome and UN Security Council authorization.
• Foreign Minister Sugiono said there is no plan for Prabowo to visit Israel this week and that he will return to Jakarta, countering Israeli media reports.
• Indonesia is the only Southeast Asian country participating and one of few attendees without ties to Israel, while reports of Benjamin Netanyahu’s attendance were later denied by his office.