Recent devastating floods in Indonesia have cast fresh doubts over Jakarta’s plan to send peacekeeping troops to Gaza, even as the Indonesian military starts preparing for the deployment. Deploying thousands of soldiers abroad while the country is still reeling from a disaster that has killed over a thousand people would paint President Prabowo Subianto’s administration as out of touch, analysts told The Straits Times. Mr Prabowo told the UN General Assembly in September that Indonesia was prepared to deploy 20,000 or more troops in Gaza to help secure peace.
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