Report: Indonesian Personnel in ISF Ready to Deploy to Gaza in May 2026
An international stabilisation force for Gaza, including personnel from Indonesia, is reported to begin deployment to the Gaza Strip in May 2026 as part of the implementation of the next phase of Gaza’s recovery plan designed by US President Donald Trump.
According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN on Saturday, the international stabilisation force (ISF) comprised of 5,000 personnel from Indonesia as well as dozens from Kazakhstan, Morocco, Albania and Kosovo will be able to operate in Gaza from 1 May 2026.
The force will initially be deployed around the Palestinian city in the Rafah area of southern Gaza, which is being reconstructed with support from the United Arab Emirates, before being distributed to other areas of Gaza.
Military delegations from the participating international force are expected to arrive in Israel within the next two weeks to conduct monitoring in Gaza ahead of troop deployment.
Personnel will then be deployed throughout Gaza up to near the “yellow line”, a temporary boundary in Gaza that marks the extent of Israeli military presence under the ceasefire agreement that separates areas still occupied by Israel from areas where Palestinians can live in Gaza.
The KAN report also states that hundreds of foreign personnel will be sent to Jordan next month for training before being deployed to Gaza as part of the international force.
On 9 February, the Israeli media reported on the beginning of preparations for the arrival of thousands of Indonesian personnel who will be part of the international stabilisation force, as set out in Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza.
On 16 January, the White House announced that the transitional governance structure in Gaza would include the Peace Board (BoP), the Gaza executive council, the National Committee for Gaza Administration (NCGA), and the international stabilisation force.
The force will oversee security operations in Gaza, disarm armed groups, and ensure smooth distribution of humanitarian aid and infrastructure reconstruction materials.
This step is being taken as part of the implementation of the second phase of Donald Trump’s 20-Point Plan to end the war in Gaza, as supported by the United Nations Security Council through Resolution 2803 on 17 November 2025.
On 6 March, Indonesia announced the possibility of withdrawing from the Peace Board if the body fails to support Palestinian independence. President Prabowo Subianto expressed this position while inviting more than 160 Islamic scholars and religious leaders for dialogue at the Jakarta Presidential Complex.
The Gaza peace process is ongoing following the ceasefire agreement reached on 10 October 2025 after two years of genocide in the Gaza Strip by Israeli Zionist forces that killed more than 72,000 Palestinians and injured 171,000 others.
The Israeli Zionist aggression is estimated to have destroyed approximately 90 per cent of the Gaza Strip’s civilian infrastructure, with the total cost of recovery reaching 70 billion US dollars, according to UN estimates.