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President Prabowo Subianto (right) salutes the coffins of Indonesian soldiers killed while serving with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on April 4, 2026, at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten. (AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba)
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alls are mounting for a thorough review of Indonesia’s peacekeeping deployment to Lebanon following last week’s fatal incidents, with some urging a full suspension of the mission as ongoing Israeli attacks continue to claim lives and heighten risks for troops on the ground.
The pressure comes after last week’s deadly escalation during Israel’s expanding ground invasion, which killed three Indonesian soldiers serving in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and injured several others, while the Indonesian Military (TNI) said it would proceed with deploying fresh personnel to the mission.
Former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who first deployed Indonesia’s UNIFIL detachment in 2006, wrote on Sunday that conditions in Lebanon had become too dangerous for peacekeeping. He warned that the UN-demarcated “Blue Line” separating Lebanon and Israel had effectively turned into a war zone as Israeli forces advanced deeper into Lebanese territory.
Underlining that UNIFIL personnel are tasked with “peacekeeping, not peacemaking”, Yudhoyono said the current security landscape had become too perilous for Blue Helmets and called for the immediate suspension of the mission in Lebanon.
“The United Nations in New York should urgently take firm and decisive steps to halt UNIFIL’s deployment or relocate personnel away from the still-raging battlefield,” he wrote in a statement on X.
“The UN Security Council must convene immediately and issue a firm and unequivocal resolution,” he added.
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