Prabowo and Abdullah share a decades-long personal friendship that dates back to at least 1981, when they met during a joint military training at Fort Benning in the United States. On many occasions, Prabowo has described Abdullah as a close friend and a “true soldier”.

Much remains uncertain over the future of Gaza’s peacekeeping plan, with details on troop contributions and operational rules still in flux despite Washington’s active diplomacy in promoting its plans. 

Home to 2.7 million Palestinians, the West Bank has long been at the heart of plans for a future Palestinian state existing alongside Israel, but successive Israeli governments have expanded settlements rapidly, fragmenting the land.

President Prabowo Subianto has said the Air Force’s newly arrived Airbus A400M heavy transport aircraft could be deployed for humanitarian missions, including possible evacuations of wounded civilians from war-torn Gaza.

The United States has drafted a United Nations resolution that approves a two-year mandate for a Gaza transitional governance body and an international stabilization force in the Palestinian enclave, according to the text seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

Reconciliation between Palestinian militant group Hamas and its rival West Bank-based Palestinian Authroity will bear fruit as soon as possible, as inter-Palestinian unity would strengthen Palestine's representation in the international community, said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan after a meeting of Muslim nations top diplomats in Istanbul.

Fidan spoke after he and ministers from several Muslim-majority countries met in Istanbul to discuss the fragile US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza, as Hamas and Israel trade accusations of violations. 

Turkey will welcome the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Pakistan and Indonesia in Istanbul on Monday.

Asked by an AFP reporter aboard Air Force One if he was considering US troops on the ground in Nigeria or air strikes, Trump replied: "Could be, I mean, a lot of things -- I envisage a lot of things." 

More than 25,000 schoolchildren had already joined the agency's "temporary learning spaces", while some 300,000 would follow online classes, according to the United Natons agency for Palestinian refugees.

A ministry spokesman said ministers from Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates had all been invited.

Indonesian officials reiterated commitment to send peacekeeping troops to war-torn Gaza after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas, but asserted the mission will only go with a mandate from the United Nations.

"At least 50 killed, including 22 children and a number of women and children, as a result of the ongoing Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since last night," Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the agency, told AFP.

It remains unclear whether Arab and other states will be ready to commit troops, in part given the refusal ofPalestinian Hamas militants to disarm as called for by the plan, while Israel has voiced concerns about the make-up of the force.

Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday advanced two bills paving the way for West Bank annexation, leading to condemnation Thursday from US Vice President JD Vance, who was in Israel at the time and who echoed Trump's comments.

He expressed optimism for a durable end to the two-year Gaza war as he met Israeli, US and other Western forces monitoring the ceasefire from inside a vast converted warehouse in southern Israel.

Rubio, who was touring a US-led multinational centre in Israel aimed at coordinating a ceasefire in Gaza, said that a sustained end to the war would encourage more countries to join the so-called Abraham Accords, under which a number of Arab countries normalised ties with Israel in 2020.

Jakarta and Johannesburg share a long history of joint struggle against injustice, the leaders said, asserting that even stronger cooperation is needed to navigate today’s uncertain geopolitical and geoeconomic landscape. 

Gaza mediators - the United States, Egypt and Qatar - stepped up their efforts this week to stabilise the early stages of the truce between Israel and Hamas and to push forward US President Donald Trump's 20-point ceasefire plan.

The dozens of strikes Israel carried out on Hamas positions in southern Gaza Sunday came after it accused the militant group of targeting its troops in "a blatant violation" of the nine-day-old truce.

"Yeah, it is," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked if the ceasefire was still in place. He also suggested that Hamas leadership was not involved in any alleged breaches and instead blamed "some rebels within."

Netanyahu's government and Hamas have been trading blame over violations of the United States-mediated ceasefire for days.

King Salman's Gate, which includes several high-rises next to Islam's holiest site, is an "integrated mixed-use destination" blending Mecca's "rich architectural heritage with world-class modern living", the official Saudi Press Agency said on Wednesday. 

Analysts note that President Prabowo Subianto has increased his presence in the Middle East by attending high-level meetings pertaining to the Gaza ceasefire, including one in Egypt that saw the signing of a United States-brokered declaration.

The crossing remained shut on Wednesday despite reports that it could reopen to aid convoys, as Israel insisted Hamas hand over the remains of the last deceased hostages it holds.

The Israeli military said the remains of four more hostages held in Gaza had been brought into Israel, a day after Hamas handed over the bodies of four other captives and released the last 20 surviving hostages.

There were celebrations in the streets of the capital after the commander of the CAPSAT military unit, which joined the demonstrators at the weekend, announced that it was in charge.