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As the Indonesian Navy's hospital ship sails the seas on a goodwill mission to El Arish, the Defense Minister has said Indonesia is still discussing with Egypt on the possibility of setting up a field hospital to provide health services for Palestinian refugees who had fled the war in Gaza.
The Defense Minister has given a personal send-off to the Indonesian Navy hospital ship, which departed Jakarta on Thursday on a goodwill mission to Egypt with humanitarian aid for Palestinian refugees from Gaza.
Jakarta's plan to deploy an Indonesian Navy hospital ship on a humanitarian mission to help Palestinians in Gaza marks a shift in the government's approach to the conflict and by extension, its broader geopolitical positioning.
After two last-minute extensions, the enemies marked on Thursday the seventh day of a Qatari-mediated truce with the exchange of eight hostages and 30 Palestinian prisoners as well as the infusion of more humanitarian aid into the shattered Gaza Strip.
While fighting raged, negotiators worked to seal a deal for the release of some of the roughly 240 hostages the Islamist militants took during their unprecedented October 7 attacks on Israel.
Three Indonesian volunteers working in the Gaza Strip have pledged to stay behind amid the Israeli assault, top diplomat Retno LP Marsudi has said, as an evacuation operation entered its third day with partial success.
