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Thomas Helm

Thomas Helm

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

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A crater is cordoned off after a projectile landed in Bareket, east of Tel Aviv, Israel. Getty Images
Israel eases public wartime restrictions as Iranian attacks decline

Country still anticipates assault from Iran and possible increase of Hezbollah barrage

MENAMarch 05, 2026
People leave the Comfort Hotel in Baabda, Lebanon, after it was hit by an Israeli air strike. AFP
Israel begins 'wave of strikes' after ordering most of south Lebanon to leave

Military expanding strikes beyond traditional Hezbollah strongholds

MENAMarch 05, 2026
The aftermath of an Israeli attack on Beirut's southern suburbs. Reuters
Israel advances into Lebanon in push to take more territory

Military sent ​additional forces to south of country ⁠overnight

MENAMarch 03, 2026
Israeli emergency responders at the scene of an Iranian missile strike on a road in Jerusalem. Reuters
DispatchJerusalem in crosshairs as Iran intensifies war rhetoric

Missile strikes suburbs and IRGC vows more attacks on Holy City

MENAMarch 02, 2026
Tehran was under attack for a second day on Sunday after Iran's supreme leader was killed during US and Israeli strikes. Reuters
Israel to 'escalate' Iran attacks as war engulfs region

Gulf on edge as Iran pledges crushing response to killing of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

MENAMarch 01, 2026
Emergency personnel work at the site of an Iranian strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel. Reuters
Toll of Iran war hitting home in Israel as nine killed

Tehran pledged retaliation for killing of its supreme leader

MENAMarch 01, 2026
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a televised speech in Tehran, Iran, in September. Reuters
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israeli strikes

US President Donald Trump says his death is 'single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their country'

USMarch 01, 2026
A patient is moved to an underground car park at the Sourasky Medical Centre in Tel Aviv. Reuters
Shock, anger and preparing for the worst in Israel and Palestinian territories

Jerusalem residents gripped by uncertainty as Tehran promises major retaliation

MENAFebruary 28, 2026
A photo of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei stitched to a man's uniform, as he leaves after Friday prayers at Mosallah mosque in Tehran. EPA
Iran willing to give up enriched uranium, says Omani FM, but war still looms

More signals of an imminent war despite evidence of progress in talks with the US

MENAFebruary 27, 2026
Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich displays a map of an area near the settlement of Maale Adumim, a land corridor known as E1, outside Jerusalem in the occupied West Bank in August. AFP
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Israeli motorway that could sink Palestinian statehood begins construction

Far-right minister Bezalel Smotrich jubilant as work begins on Highway 45, linking central Israel to illegal settlements

MENAFebruary 25, 2026
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi stands with Knesset speaker Amir Ohana in the parliament chamber. Reuters
Modi brings 'message of partnership' to Israel in Knesset speech

Indian Prime Minister addresses Israel's parliament as Netanyahu seeks new 'axis' of allies

MENAFebruary 25, 2026
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New Delhi in 2018. AFP
Modi visits Israel as Netanyahu lines up 'hexagon' of allies

Israeli leader bills Indian PM's trip as chance to build new 'axis' in region

MENAFebruary 25, 2026
Palestinian Muslims gather at a checkpoint in Ramallah to enter Jerusalem, on their way to Al Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers. AFP
Israel blocks thousands from first Ramadan Friday prayers at Al Aqsa

Israel will only allow 10,000 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to enter the mosque each Friday

MENAFebruary 20, 2026
Palestinians protest after Israeli soldiers blocked the entrance of the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. AFP
Israeli settlers kill 19-year-old Palestinian in West Bank

Nasrallah Abu Siyam is first Palestinian killed by Israeli settler gunfire in 2026

MENAFebruary 19, 2026
Palestinian filmmaker Hamdan Ballal and his family have been attacked at their home in South Hebron Hills, in the occupied West Bank. Thomas Helm / The National
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Dispatch'New for you, not us': Palestinian Oscar winner shrugs at West Bank annexation

The National reports on Hamdan Ballal's ordeal with Israeli settler attacks as the far-right government moves to seize more territory

MENAFebruary 17, 2026
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