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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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Family members of hostages held in Gaza hold a protest outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem. AP
October 7 memorial events begin in Israel as multi-front war rages

Israeli authorities tighten security over fears of attacks by militant groups

MENAOctober 07, 2024
Thomas Helm
Residents of Zanuta return to their community after being violently displaced by Israeli settlers. David Lombeida for The National
The West Bank shepherds chased out by Israeli settlers

Settlers seized the opportunity at the start of Israel's war on Gaza to grab land from Palestinian shepherds in the occupied territories

MENAOctober 06, 2024
Thomas Helm
Israel's Iron Dome intercepts rockets following Iran's salvo of ballistic missiles on Tuesday night. Reuters
Middle East on brink as Israel threatens major retaliation for Iran's missile barrage

Israel promised revenge after some rockets breached its defences on Tuesday

MENAOctober 01, 2024
Thomas Harding
Missiles in the sky above Israel. AFP
Iran launches large-scale missile attack on Israel

Israelis flee to bunkers across the country and are told to remain there until further notice

MENAOctober 01, 2024
Thomas Harding
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking during the UN General Assembly. Getty
Netanyahu's popularity likely to rise after Nasrallah assassination

Israel's escalation in Lebanon may play well with its citizens, but longer-term difficulties haunt the PM

MENASeptember 30, 2024
Thomas Helm
Smoke rises from the site of Israeli air strikes in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen. Israel said it had conducted strikes on the Houthi-held area on Sunday. Reuters
Hezbollah's southern commander confirmed killed alongside Nasrallah in strike

Body of Hezbollah chief Nasrallah removed from rubble in Beirut suburb

MENASeptember 29, 2024
Nada Maucourant Atallah
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed, the group confirmed. AFP
Hezbollah confirms death of Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli strike

Israeli army said it carried out massive attack on Hezbollah's headquarters in southern Beirut suburb on Friday

MENASeptember 28, 2024
Amr Mostafa
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant have both raised the prospect of further action in Lebanon. AP
Fury at Netanyahu in Israel after rumours of Hezbollah ceasefire deal

Reports early on Thursday suggested Hezbollah and Israel were on the brink of agreeing a 21-day pause in hostilities after weeks of spiralling hostilities

MENASeptember 26, 2024
Thomas Helm
Israel's Iron Dome air defence system fires to intercept rockets launched from Lebanon. AP
Fear and apprehension in Israel as war with Hezbollah intensifies

The government declared a 'special situation', allowing the military to issue widespread restrictions on the public in the name of safety

MENASeptember 24, 2024
Thomas Helm
Smoke rises from Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon. Reuters
Israeli assault on Lebanon kills 492 and injures 1,645

Lebanese citizens are ordered to leave their homes in the south and the east, as Israel launches strikes

MENASeptember 23, 2024
Nada Homsi
A home was damaged by Hezbollah rocket fire in the Kiryat Bialik area of Haifa in northern Israel on Sunday. Getty Images
Netanyahu threatens more attacks on Lebanon

About 150 'aerial threats' were launched at Israel overnight, the military says

MENASeptember 22, 2024
Thomas Helm
A picture taken on July 3, 2022, shows a Israeli military vehicles patrolling the border with Lebanon near Israeli moshav of Zarit. - The Israeli army said on July 2, that it had intercepted three drones launched by Hezbollah that were headed towards an offshore gas field in the Mediterranean, amid rising tension between Israel and Lebanon. Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement in a statement confirmed it had launched drones towards the offshore area. (Photo by JALAA MAREY / AFP)
VideoInside an abandoned Israeli border town
MENASeptember 20, 2024
Thomas Helm
Rescuers search for survivors after the Israeli strike in Beirut's southern suburbs on Friday. AFP
Israel rules out political solution as strike on Beirut kills Hezbollah commanders

Conflict intensifies after Israel strike kills at least 45 people, including two commanders

MENASeptember 20, 2024
Nada Homsi
An image allegedly showing Moti Meman, a 73-year old businessman from Ashkelon, Israel. The image was widely shared on social media platforms but has not been verified. Photo: X
Israeli citizen indicted for allegedly being recruited by Iran to kill Netanyahu

Moti Maman was taken to Iran twice to discuss potential operations, Israel's intelligence service said

MENASeptember 19, 2024
Thomas Helm
Relatives mourn Fatima Abdallah, a 10-year-old girl killed after hundreds of paging devices exploded in a deadly wave across Lebanon on Tuesday. AFP
Israel Hezbollah all-out war closest since October after massive pager attack

Israel has not claimed the explosion of pagers, but the incident brings them to the brink of full-scale confrontation

MENASeptember 18, 2024
Thomas Helm
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