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Thomas Helm

Thomas Helm

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Jerusalem
Thomas Helm is Jerusalem Correspondent at The National. He was previously its staff opinion writer in Abu Dhabi

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An FBI agent on the scene where two people were shot and killed near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, USA, 22 May 2025. According to a social media post by the US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem, the two people killed were staff members at the Israeli embassy. EPA / WILL OLIVER
Step-by-step account of attack that killed two Israeli officials in US

Victims were staff members at Israeli embassy in Washington

MENAMay 22, 2025
Washington Shooting
Two Israeli embassy officials shot dead in Washington

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls attack 'heinous anti-Semitic' murder

USMay 22, 2025
Palestinians wait desperately for vital supplies in Gaza. AFP
Damaging week for Israeli diplomacy as allies vent criticism of Gaza war

Key Israeli allies are threatening sanctions, isolation and other punitive measures in anger at country's determination to expand fighting

MENAMay 21, 2025
This frame grab from AFPTV footage shows members of a diplomatic delegation from the European Union reacting after shots were fired as they gathered in the eastern entrance of Jenin camp during a visit to the city of Jenin, on May 21, 2025, amid an ongoing Israeli military offensive in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Authority accused Israeli forces of firing on diplomats as they visited the flashpoint West Bank city of Jenin on May 21, releasing video of two soldiers aiming rifles at a group of people. (Photo by Mohammad Ateeq / AFPTV / AFP)
Israeli troops shoot at foreign diplomats in Jenin

Israel claims delegation had deviated from approved route into 'unauthorised' zone

MENAMay 21, 2025
Pope Leo XIV met members of the Eastern Church during his first full week in charge at the Vatican. EPA
Bringer of peace: What the Middle East is expecting of Pope Leo

Leaders of the Eastern Church are urging the new pontiff to bridge ties between west and east

MENAMay 16, 2025
A Palestinian family passes through a metal gate set up by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank. AFP
Israel accused of ‘mega theft’ with new land registry policy

This would allow Israel to take ownership of land in Area C which makes up about 60 per cent of the occupied West Bank

MENAMay 15, 2025
A placard showing a picture of Tamir Adar, who was taken hostage in Gaza, as supporters of hostages take part in a protest to demand their release and against the Israeli government. Reuters
Israeli anger grows as Netanyahu accused of risking US ties for politics

Pressure is mounting on the Israeli Prime Minister as relations with Trump appear strained

MENAMay 13, 2025
Crowds holding portraits of hostages gathered in Tel Aviv in anticipation of US-Israeli captive Edan Alexander's release on Monday. AFP
Netanyahu faces wrath of Israel's hostage families

PM accused of leaving Israel isolated and abandoning hostages as he expands Gaza campaign

MENAMay 12, 2025
A Palestinian farming community surrounded by Israeli flags in the northern Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank. Thomas Helm / The National
Palestinians hit by rising settler attacks in Jordan Valley

Farming outposts are being used by settlers to attack local residents and 'kill the Palestinian state'

MENAMay 10, 2025
An UNRWA school in the Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem. AP
Israeli forces storm six UNRWA schools in Jerusalem

Pupils present during raids by 'heavily armed' personnel

MENAMay 08, 2025
Tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced by Israel's 'Iron Wall' operation. EPA
Palestinians rush to retrieve belongings before West Bank demolitions

Tulkarm camp residents say army gave them two hours to recover possessions from their homes

MENAMay 06, 2025
A boy with a meal provided by a charity kitchen in Gaza city. Israel has blocked aid to the Gaza Strip since March. AFP
Aid groups refuse to be complicit in 'dangerous' plan for Gaza

Facial recognition technology to be used in so-called aid 'hubs', sources say

MENAMay 06, 2025
A helicopter drops water to help extinguish a forest fire near Latrun Monastery in Israel. AFP
Speculations over cause of Israeli wildfires

Pro-Israel accounts cited false numbers from Prime Minister that 18 Palestinians were arrested on suspicion of arson

MENAMay 02, 2025
A firefighter douses flames near Latrun, in central Israel, after wildfires broke out in the area. Reuters
Israel fires rage as government calls for international assistance

Appeal for firefighting aircraft as Netanyahu warns that flames could 'easily' reach city

MENAMay 01, 2025
Wildfires burn along a motorway near Latrun in central Israel on Wednesday. Reuters
Major emergency in Israel as wildfires rage near Tel Aviv and Jerusalem

Israel seeks foreign assistance to battle blazes that have injured at least a dozen people

MENAApril 30, 2025
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