SINGAPORE -- The latest U.S.-backed proposal from Israel calling for a ceasefire with the Palestinian group Hamas is an "important right step" to end the eight-month war in Gaza, Indonesia's Defense Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday at a security forum in Singapore.
Middle East crisis
Indonesia's Prabowo calls U.S.-backed peace plan in Gaza the 'right step'
President-elect promises to send peacekeeping forces to monitor ceasefire
Indonesia's Defense Minister and President-elect Prabowo Subianto speaks at the Shangri-La defense forum in Singapore on June 1. © Reuters
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