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Thomas Watkins

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Thomas Watkins is US bureau chief and foreign correspondent at The National. He has worked across America, Europe and South Asia and reported from 30 countries, primarily for Agence France-Presse as Pentagon correspondent and Af-Pak bureau chief. He joined The National in 2021 to help set up the Washington bureau and manage its 10-person team. Thomas holds degrees in psychology and journalism.
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Israeli strikes destroyed residential buildings in the Qatari-funded Hamad city in Gaza on Saturday. Reuters
What will happen to Gaza when the war ends?

Israel wants a new buffer zone inside the enclave but US views this as a non-starter

Palestine-IsraelDecember 04, 2023
Protesters during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks. AFP
Who are the remaining hostages held in Gaza?

More than 100 Israelis are in the Gaza Strip, and thousands of Palestinians remain in administrative detention

Palestine-IsraelDecember 03, 2023
The normally bustling city of Bethlehem is quiet as tourists and pilgrims stay away while the war rages on. Willy Lowry / The National
Sadness and fear in West Bank as Israel resumes Gaza offensive

Palestinians in the occupied territory feel hopeless as war rages on

Palestine-IsraelDecember 02, 2023
Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike on Beit Hanoun, Israel. EPA
'Tension in the air' say Israelis in Tel Aviv as war resumes

End of truce met with mixed feelings in Israel after hundreds of Israeli hostages and Palestinian captives were released

Palestine-IsraelDecember 01, 2023
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, meets US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah. AP
Blinken stresses need to protect civilians in southern Gaza

US Secretary of State's visit did little to satisfy Palestinians

Palestine-IsraelNovember 30, 2023
Police at the scene of the rush-hour attack in Ramot, East Jerusalem, in which Hamas gunmen killed three people. Reuters
Hamas gunmen kill three at Jerusalem bus stop

Three gunmen 'neutralised' at scene were Hamas members who had previously been jailed, according to Israeli media

Palestine-IsraelNovember 30, 2023
Dr Henry Kissinger speaks at the George W Bush Presidential Centre's 2019 Forum on Leadership in Dallas, Texas, in April 2019. Reuters
Henry Kissinger: US statesman with bitterly divisive legacy dies aged 100

Kissinger was a controversial Nobel Peace Prize winner who left an indelible mark on US foreign policy

ObituariesNovember 30, 2023
Ronel Barak emigrated to Israel from her native South Africa in 2010. She runs a cafe in Mitzpe Yair, a settlement in the South Hebron Hills. Willy Lowry / The National
Inside an Israeli settler outpost in the occupied West Bank

Rights group says Israeli policy threatens about 30 Palestinian villages in the South Hebron Hills

Palestine-IsraelNovember 29, 2023
Israeli soldiers take position in a damaged building in the Zeitoun district, on the southern outskirts of Gaza city. AFP
Israelis torn over prospect of another truce extension

Pause in fighting has created opening for desperately needed humanitarian aid to enter southern Gaza

Palestine-IsraelNovember 29, 2023
Israeli tanks outside the city of Sderot, near the border with Gaza. Getty Images
Israel and Hamas accuse each other of truce breaches as more hostages freed

Pause in fighting had been extended by two days on Monday

Palestine-IsraelNovember 28, 2023
Palestinian detainee Khalil Zama hugs his mother after being released from an Israeli jail on Sunday. AFP
Israel-Hamas truce extended by two days, Qatar and Hamas say

Hamas released another 11 hostages on Monday night

Palestine-IsraelNovember 27, 2023
A satellite image shows Al-Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza November 11, 2023. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST NOT OBSCURE LOGO.
Hamas operating 'control node' from Gaza hospital, US says

White House and Pentagon cite newly declassified intelligence

USNovember 14, 2023
A US Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle. AFP
US strikes two Iran-backed sites in Syria

Third such strike since October 27 as attacks on US troops in Iraq and Syria soar

USNovember 12, 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media during a visit to New Delhi on Friday. Reuters
More must be done to protect civilians in Gaza, Blinken says

'Far too many Palestinians have been killed,' US Secretary of State says

USNovember 10, 2023
A Ukrainian soldier demonstrates tactical movements inside a trench in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
The Pentagon has almost run out of money for Ukraine

Military supply packages are 'getting smaller' as Congress fight freezes additional funding for Kyiv

USNovember 09, 2023
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