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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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Rescuers sift through the debris of a damaged building in Tel Aviv after a fresh barrage of Iranian rockets. AFP
Israel and Iran move to war footing as conflict enters fourth day

More attacks trigger frantic efforts by Middle East leaders to prevent whole region from being dragged into conflict

MENAJune 15, 2025
Thomas Helm
An emergency worker carries a rescued dog from a building damaged in an overnight strike on June 14, in Ramat Gan, Israel. Getty
War with Iran has secured Netanyahu's political survival once again

Just days after it appeared the Prime Minister would lose his coalition, most of Israel's opposition is rallying around the government

MENAJune 15, 2025
Thomas Helm
Damage to a building in Tel Aviv, Israel, by Iranian weapons. Getty Images
Iran and Israel launch tit-for-tat strikes as regional tension grows

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Israeli attacks were a 'mistake'

USJune 13, 2025
Thomas Helm
The Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, stands nearly empty as Israel's Home Front Command banned public gatherings following an Israeli military strike on Iran, in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, June 13, 2025. (AP Photo / Mahmoud Illean)
'Complex days for Israel' as it prepares for possible Iranian response

Israeli air force continues to shoot down Iranian drones but significant retaliation less likely

MENAJune 13, 2025
Thomas Helm
Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police during a demonstration against conscription in Bnei Brak, Israel. Getty Images
Explained: Benjamin Netanyahu's biggest government crisis yet

New elections a real prospect as Prime Minister appears powerless to end coalition crisis

MENAJune 11, 2025
Thomas Helm
The UK has been joined by Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway in placing sanctions on two Israeli government ministers, Itamar Ben-Gvir, left, and Bezalel Smotrich. EPA
Israeli hardliners Ben-Gvir and Smotrich hit by UK-led sanctions

Palestinian ambassador says move is step in right direction but no substitute for arms embargo

MENAJune 10, 2025
Thomas Harding
Yair Golan has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government, which is on the brink of collapse. Getty Images
Israel and regional states can 'build alternative in Gaza', Yair Golan says

Yair Golan calls for alliance between Israel and Arab world to counter Iran

MENAJune 09, 2025
Thomas Helm
Greta Thunberg and other Freedom Flotilla activists aboard Madleen enroute to delivering aid to Gaza. Supplied Image
Israeli military ordered to block Freedom Flotilla as ship nears Gaza

High-profile activists including Greta Thunberg on board vessel with plan to deliver humanitarian aid

MENAJune 08, 2025
Thomas Helm
Syria has been the target of several Israeli bombardments in recent months. AFP
Israel says it struck Hamas member in Syria

Attack comes days after first Israeli air strike in weeks on fragile country

MENAJune 08, 2025
Thomas Helm
Israel's war on Gaza has destroyed large parts of the enclave. AFP
Israel arms Gaza gangs to weaken Hamas

Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is 'acting to defeat Hamas in various ways'

MENAJune 05, 2025
Nagham Mohanna
Judi Weinstein and her husband, Gad Haggai. Photo: Iris Weinstein Haggai
Israeli military recovers bodies of two Gaza hostages

Judi Lynn Weinstein and Gad Haggai were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7

MENAJune 05, 2025
Thomas Helm
Israeli soldiers lock a gate from the inside at Sde Teiman detention in southern Israel after military police arrived at the site on July 29, 2024, to investigate alleged abuse of a Palestinian detainee. Reuters
Israel says it is holding 2,790 detainees from Gaza

Figures were released after petition by Israeli NGO over detention of Gazans, one of the most controversial aspects of the war in the enclave

MENAJune 04, 2025
Thomas Helm
Ultra-Orthodox Jews also receive significant subsidies to continue their secluded way of life, which many Israelis criticise as an unfair financial burden. AFP
Israeli ultra-Orthodox party reportedly planning to quit Netanyahu coalition

Frustration has been mounting over delay in passing law to exempt the community's young men from military service

MENAJune 04, 2025
Thomas Helm
Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepts a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, in Ashkelon, on October 20, 2023. AP
Israel strikes Syria after blaming Al Shara for rocket fire

Warning sirens sounded across northern Israel after what appears to be the first rocket fire from Syria in more than a year

MENAJune 03, 2025
Thomas Helm
Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire near a US-backed aid centre in Rafah receive treatment at Nasser hospital in Gaza. AFP
Deny and deflect: Israel’s crisis tactics at work

Food bank shootings follow Al Shifa Hospital raid and Red Crescent paramedic shootings as examples of changing narratives

MENAJune 03, 2025
Nada AlTaher
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