Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto has said his country is willing to send peacekeeping troops to enforce a ceasefire in Gaza if required, Reuters reports.

“When needed and when requested by the UN we are prepared to contribute significant peacekeeping forces to maintain and monitor this prospective ceasefire as well as providing protection and security to all parties and to all sides,” Prabowo said.

He said President Joko Widodo had instructed him to announce that Indonesia was also ready “to evacuate, to receive and to treat with medical care up to 1,000 patients” from Gaza.

Prabowo said a comprehensive investigation into the humanitarian disaster in the Rafah area of Gaza was needed as well as a “just solution” to the situation in Palestine.

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