Uganda gets parliamentary nod to send troops to Gaza

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Soldiers of the Uganda People's Defence Force. 

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The Ugandan government has been given the nod by Parliament to approve the deployment of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) to the Gaza Strip, signalling intent to be a part of an International Stabilisation Force (ISF) proposed by the US.

And defence officials in Kampala said they had been approached by Washington to contribute troops to a multinational peacekeeping mission whose exact launch date now depends on Israel’s view of it.