Palestinians to get temporary shelter in Indonesia
US says it’s aware of teenage Palestinian American’s killing by Israeli forces in West Bank
Indonesia is ready to temporarily shelter Palestinians hit by Israel’s war on Gaza, President Prabowo Subianto has, estimating there could be 1,000 in the first wave, Reuters reports.
Prabowo said he has instructed his foreign minister to quickly discuss with the Palestinian side and other parties about how to evacuate impacted Palestinians to Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country.
“We are ready to evacuate the wounded, the traumatised, the orphans,” Prabowo said, adding the victims would be in Indonesia temporarily until they have fully recovered from their injuries and the situation in Gaza was safe for their return.
Jakarta has been advocating for a two-state solution and has sent humanitarian aid.
Meanwhile US State Department has said it is aware of the killing by Israeli forces of a Palestinian American teenager in the Israel-occupied West Bank and was seeking more information about the incident, Reuters reports.
A State Department spokesperson made the comments to reporters when asked about the killing of US citizen Omar Mohammad Rabea, aged 14, and the shooting of two other teenagers.
“We are certainly aware of that dynamic,” the State Department spokesperson said.
“There is an investigation that is going on. We are aware of the reports from the IDF that this was a counterterrorism act, we need to learn more about the nature of what happened on the ground.”
“We don’t have the complete picture of what was going on on the ground,” the State Department spokesperson added.
