NATO's Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, held a press conference in Brussels on Tuesday ahead of the extraordinary summit scheduled for Thursday. “We are concerned that Moscow could stage a false flag operation, possibly including chemical weapons", Stoltenberg told to the press. NATO's Secretary General also said that "Russia's invasion of Ukraine and its military integration of Belarus creates a new security reality on the European continent." "So we need to reset NATO's military posture for this new reality. Tomorrow, ministers will start an important discussion on concrete measures to reinforce our security for a long term in all domains," added Stoltenberg.

Explosions rocked Gaza Strip early on Saturday morning after Israel hit the Strip with missiles in response to rocket attacks from the Palestinian territory. According to the Israel military on Saturday, its missiles had allegedly targeted Hamas' rocket-manufacturing site. Israel's attack came shortly after US President Joe Biden left the territories to head to Saudi Arabia for the last day of his Middle East trip. Hamas confirmed the missile attacks with reports indicating nobody was injured in them. Israel had earlier intercepted a rocket attack on its territory.