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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 Israeli Black Hawk helicopter flies near the border with Gaza on Monday. Reuters
Three Israeli soldiers killed in northern Gaza

Troops were hit by roadside explosive device, initial military probe finds

MENAJune 03, 2025
Thomas Helm
Basel Adra, one of the makers of 'No Other Land', stands in front of a cordon of Israeli troops in Masafer Yatta on Monday. Thomas Helm / The National
'No Other Land' directors fume as Israeli military blocks media trip

Makers of first Palestinian film to win an Oscar were trying to raise awareness of attacks

MENAJune 02, 2025
Thomas Helm
Climate activist Greta Thunberg is setting sail on board the flotilla. AP
'Freedom Flotilla' sets sail for Gaza with Greta Thunberg on board

Voyage carrying 'aid and hope' follows drone strike on earlier vessel

MENAJune 01, 2025
Thomas Helm
Palestinian rescuers evacuate injured people in an ambulance after an Israeli drone reportedly opened fire on civilian gatherings near an aid distribution point not far from the so-called "Netzarim checkpoint", in the central Gaza Strip, on June 1, 2025, at Bureij camp, amid the war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant movement. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)
'This is an ambush': Dozens killed and injured in Gaza food bank shooting

Red Cross reports 'mass casualty influx' of 179 people in Rafah - while Israeli army offers competing explanations

MENAJune 01, 2025
Nagham Mohanna
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in occupied East Jerusalem, May 26, 2025. AFP
Israel approves 22 West Bank settlements in blow to Palestinian state prospects

Construction includes remote locations that will majorly expand Israel's presence in occupied region

MENAMay 29, 2025
Thomas Helm
A Yemenia Airways plane in flames after a strike on Sanaa airport. AFP
Sanaa airport runway in flames after Israeli strike

The attack on the Yemeni capital comes as Houthis continue to fire rockets at Israel

MENAMay 28, 2025
Thomas Helm
A staircase descends into the now empty Mamilla pool. Photo: Wikipedia
PM’s Jerusalem Day declaration triggers archaeological dispute over Mamilla pool

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu wants ancient reservoir site surrounded by Muslim burials to be developed into tourism site

MENAMay 26, 2025
Thomas Helm
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visits the Al Aqsa compound, also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, during Jerusalem's Day, in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 26, 2025. Reuters
Far-right Israeli minister Ben-Gvir breaches Al Aqsa Mosque compound

Jordan condemns incursion by 'extremist minister' ahead of annual Israeli march through Palestinian areas of the city

MENAMay 26, 2025
Thomas Helm
Jerusalem Day celebrates Israel’s capture of the city in 1967, when Arab forces were defeated in the eastern part. AFP
Palestinians brace for show of Israeli ultra-nationalism on Jerusalem Day

Holding a 'special' cabinet meeting in most volatile area of city is 'playing with matches', says lawyer

MENAMay 26, 2025
Thomas Helm
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
Thomas Helm
Washington Shooting
Two Israeli embassy officials shot dead in Washington

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

USMay 22, 2025
Alex Nicoll
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
Thomas Helm
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
Thomas Helm
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
Mina Aldroubi
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
Thomas Helm
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