The timing of the Indonesian troop deployment and their exact role in Gaza have not yet been finalised, but it appears that President Prabowo Subianto has decided they will go.

His decision to join Trump's Board of Peace has been criticised by some Islamic groups in Indonesia, where there has been widespread public anger over the US role in Israel's bombardment of Gaza.

However, Prabowo has argued that, as the world's largest Muslim nation, Indonesia should help to stabilise Gaza, and has said that its involvement would be in pursuit of an eventual two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israel's public broadcaster Kan reported that an area in southern Gaza, between Rafah and Khan Younis, had already been designated for use by the Indonesian army to build a barracks for several thousand troops.

Other Muslim countries like Turkey and Pakistan are also considering sending their troops, but have made it clear they would be peacekeepers only, and would not get involved in the planned disarmament of Hamas.

But with Hamas refusing to lay down its arms while Israel continues to occupy parts of Gaza, there is not yet a real peace for the proposed international force to keep.