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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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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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