Indonesia announced on 14 November that it has trained up to 20,000 troops for the International Security Force (ISF) envisioned in US President Donald Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for the Gaza Strip.

“We’ve prepared a maximum of 20,000 troops, but the specifications will revolve around health and construction,” Indonesian Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said.

“We are waiting for further decisions on Gaza peace action,” he added. “We’re waiting for the possibilities of a role Indonesia can take for peace efforts.”

The US recently began circulating a draft resolution at the UN to authorize the formation of the ISF, as it is called in the Trump plan.

The draft submitted to the UN includes giving the US a broad mandate to govern Gaza for at least two years. It mentions that the ISF will be established in coordination with the Gaza ‘Board of Peace,’ which Trump will head.

However, Israeli media reported that a new draft has been put together by Washington and calls for “a credible path to self-determination and a Palestinian state.”

It adds that the US will “create a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinians to agree on a political horizon for prosperous coexistence.”

Many of the other aspects of the text remain the same. According to recent reports, Arab states are uncomfortable with the idea of being forced to clash with Hamas to push disarmament.

The force will “stabilize the security environment in Gaza by ensuring the process of demilitarizing the Gaza Strip, including the destruction and prevention of rebuilding of the military, terror, and offensive infrastructure, as well as the permanent decommissioning of weapons from non-state armed groups,” according to a copy of the latest draft obtained by the Times of Israel.

On Thursday, Russia put forward a resolution to challenge the US draft, Reuters reported.

In its draft, the idea of a US-led ‘Board of Peace’ governing Gaza for two years is not included. However, it is “inspired” by the US draft and aims to “enable the Security Council to develop a balanced, acceptable, and unified approach toward achieving a sustainable cessation of hostilities,” Russia’s UN mission said in a note to Security Council members, seen by Reuters.

“Attempts to sow discord now – when agreement on this resolution is under active negotiation – has grave, tangible, and entirely avoidable consequences for Palestinians in Gaza. The ceasefire is fragile and we urge the Council to unite and move forward to secure the peace that is desperately needed,” said a US mission spokesperson.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed optimism on the matter on 13 November.

“We’re making good progress on the language of the resolution, and hopefully we’ll have action on it very soon. We don’t want to lose momentum on this,” he said.

“It shouldn’t be a fighting force,” Rubio said of the ISF when asked whether it should be a peacekeeping force or a peace enforcement force. According to a copy of the first draft obtained by Axios recently, it must be an “enforcement” force.

The US has held talks with several countries, including Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Egypt, Qatar, and Turkiye. Tel Aviv has opposed the idea of Turkish or Qatari involvement, fearing it would bolster Hamas.

It remains unclear how the Trump plan will be executed. Israel continues to oppose the eventual return of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Gaza – a central element of the ceasefire initiative.

Private US documents cited by POLITICO on 11 November have revealed that Washington has no “clear path forward” for the plan’s implementation.

US officials cited in the report are “deeply concerned” that the agreement could collapse due to the difficulty of implementing it.

One of the major concerns detailed in the documents is whether the ISF can actually be deployed.

There is a “struggle to get any country in the area to commit forces,” and some countries would “happily write a check but they don’t want to send manpower,” said a participant of a recent symposium for US Central Command (CENTCOM) and the newly formed Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) – established by Washington in Israel, in the city of Kiryat Gat weeks ago.