Hostile nations, such as Iran, or groups like Hezbollah might attempt to take advantage of the armed conflict between Hamas and Israel, according to NATO's secretary-general.
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00:00 NATO is warning that hostile nations like Iran or groups like Hezbollah might take advantage
00:06 of the armed conflict between Hamas and Israel.
00:09 Although NATO was not directly involved in the Middle East conflict, the US has stepped
00:14 up military presence in the region.
00:16 The Israeli defence minister joined a meeting of NATO allies where he showed fellow ministers
00:21 a video of a Hamas massacre.
00:23 The states called for Israel to respond to Hamas attacks proportionately.
00:32 We saw a shocking video and of course the reports are shocking.
00:37 And that's also the reason why allies have so strongly condemned these horrific terrorist
00:42 attacks against civilians in Israel and against Israel.
00:52 As this conflict evolves it is important to protect civilians and this was also clearly
00:58 expressed by allies.
01:01 There are rules of war, there are the request for proportionality and this was highlighted
01:09 by many allies.
01:12 NATO also says they're alert to the recent damage to an undersea gas pipeline between
01:16 Finland and Estonia.
01:18 Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says NATO will respond if the attack proves to be a
01:23 deliberate sabotage.
01:26 It is obvious that gas pipelines, cable, power cables, internet cables, these types of undersea
01:37 infrastructure are of critical importance for our societies.
01:41 So this has been an issue which has been high on the NATO agenda, part of our efforts related
01:46 to resilience for many years and many things have been done to protect this critical infrastructure.
01:53 A surprise attendance at the summit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proved fruitful
01:57 with the US announcing 200 million dollars of extra military aid to Ukraine.
02:02 In addition, over 100 million euros was pledged by the Ukraine Contact Group and Germany has
02:07 considerably stepped up its support.
02:09 Shona Murray, Euronews, NATO.
02:11 (whooshing)