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Demonstrators outside the town hall

Conservatives withdraw motion on Israel-Palestine after demonstration

Temporary truce between Israel and Hamas begins at 7am on Friday.

Temporary truce between Israel and Hamas to begin on Friday morning

Sheffield Central MP Paul Blomfield speaking in Parliament

Paul Blomfield - We 'must call for a ceasefire' in Israel and Gaza

Leni Solinger speaking at a rally at Sheffield City Hall

New Sheffield Jewish group forms after violence in Israel and Gaza

Sheffield Council has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel and for a two-state solution to the conflict in a full council motion this week.

Council calls for ceasefire in Gaza and Israel amid huge free Palestine protests

Resignations from Sheffield Labour are "a possibility" if Keir Starmer does not call for a ceasefire in the Israel/Hamas war, a senior Sheffield Labour source has told The Star. (Photo courtesy of Stefan Rousseau - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Labour source refuses to rule out resignations over ceasefire position

Andy McDonald, the MP for Middlesbrough, has been suspended by the Labour Party after he used the phrase “between the river and the sea” during a speech at a pro-Palestine rally at the weekend.

Labour MP suspended over speech at pro-Palestine rally

Palestinians look for survivors after the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in Deir Al-Balah. Picture: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa

Israel warns civilians as it plans to launch ground offensive

The UK has called for a temporary "pause" in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, to allow humanitarian aid to reach those in Gaza and to allow the release of hostages. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK calls for 'pause' in Israel-Hamas conflict but rejects ceasefire

Protesters at an October 10 demonstration called by Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign in support of the people of Gaza. People later marched up to Sheffield Town Hall, where protesters climbed up to take down an Israeli flag and replace it with a Palestine one. Picture: Claire Chandler

Labour councillors condemn “Israel’s relentless indiscriminate bombing of Gaza”

Protesters gathering for a Palestine Action demonstration outside Sheffield Heeley MP Louise Haigh\'s constituency office. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

MP responds to Palestine protesters’ call to speak out about Israel’s action

The palestine rally in Sheffield city centre is demanding a ceasefire in the violence.

Huge Palestine rally in city centre as attendees stand with Gazans

Sheffield Heeley MP and Shadow Transport Minister Louise Haigh, who is being lobbied by Palestine Action over Labour's stance on Israel's military attacks on Gaza

Palestine campaigners protest to MP to demand Labour condemns Israel

The 2023 MTV Europe Music Awards in Paris have been cancelled following the ongoing conflict between Gaza and Israel.

MTV Europe Music Awards 2023 in Paris cancelled

Qasem Fara, from Heeley, Sheffield, with his younger brother Qayis, who died of bone cancer aged just 16, and their mother Wesam Farah. Qasem is stranded in Gaza as it comes under aerial bombardment by Israel, and his mum fears for his life.

Mum who lost teenage son fears for life of other son stranded in Gaza

Israel has claimed that it is not responsible for an airstrike on the al Alhi Hospital in Gaza which killed at least 500 people, with Israeli officials instead placing blame on the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Credit: Getty Images)

Israel denies responsibility for deadly Gaza hospital blast

March For Palestine protesters outside All Souls Langham Place, near the BBC's Portland Place headquarters. (Photo by André Langlois)

Thousands gather in central London for March For Palestine protest

A protest outside Sheffield City Hall which called for an end to the Israeli bombing of Gaza following the attacks by Hamas

Protest calls for end to 'senseless deaths' in Gaza and Israel

The scene at BBC Broadcasting House in London, after red paint was sprayed over the entrance. Picture date: Saturday October 14, 2023.

BBC Broadcasting House vandalised with red paint

Campaigners celebrating the Rose Garden Cafe partial reopening in December 2022. Sheffield City Council is now aiimng to create a partnership to restore the building. Picture: Andy Kershaw

Campaigners’ cautious welcome for moves to restore popular park cafe

Israeli has ordered the evacuation of more than one million Palestinian from northern Gaza over the next 24 hours, ahead of an expected ground assault on the region. (Credit: Getty Images)

Israel orders evacuation of 1.1m people from northern Gaza

The EFL has called for periods of silence this weekend (Image: Getty Images)

EFL break silence on Israel and Palestine war with call to action

British citizen, Jake Marlowe who went missing after Hamas attacks in Israel has been confirmed dead

UK citizen missing after Hamas attacks in Israel confirmed dead

Protesters at a demonstration called by Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign in support of the people of Gaza. People later marched up to Sheffield Town Hall, where protesters climbed up to take down an Israeli flag and replace it with a Palestine one. Picture: Claire Chandler

Greens say Israel flag should not have flown at Town Hall

The Israel state flag flying over Sheffield Town Hall yesterday. It was later removed and replaced with a Palestine flag by protesters who climbed the building during a protest in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

Mayor condemns Hamas “terrorism” and pulling down Israel flags by protesters

According to sources close to the UK government, more than 10 British citizens are feared missing or dead amid violence in Israel. (Credit: Getty Images)

Children among 17 British citizens feared dead or missing in Israel

The Israel state flag flying over Sheffield Town Hall yesterday. It was later removed and replaced with a Palestine flag by protesters who climbed the building during a protest in solidarity with the people of Gaza. Picture: Julia Armstrong, LDRS

Council leader criticises Town Hall Israel flag removal at protest (video)

A protester climbed onto the roof of Sheffield town hall to remove an Israeli flag

Watch protester climb onto Town Hall roof and take down Israeli flag

The Israel Defense Force has said that it has sealed the border with Gaza as 1,500 Hamas militant bodies were found in Israeli territory. (Credit: Getty Images)

Bodies of 1,500 Hamas fighters found on Israeli territory

Palestinians celebrate by a destroyed Israeli tank at the Gaza Strip fence east of Khan Younis Saturday, Oct. 7, 2023. The militant Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented, multi-front attack on Israel at daybreak Saturday, firing thousands of rockets as dozens of Hamas fighters infiltrated the heavily fortified border in several locations by air, land, and sea and catching the country off-guard on a major holiday (AP Photo/Hassan Eslaiah)

Live Israel in ‘state of war’ after attack from Palestinian militant group

Sheffield Palestine campaigners visiting the Border to Coast Pensions Partnership offices in Leeds to lobby them about ethical pension investments. Picture: Sheffield Coalition against Israeli Apartheid

Protest against new anti-financial boycott law

Russian president Vladimir Putin is undergoing chemotherapy treatment, according to top secret US documents leaked from the Pentagon - Credit: Getty Images

Vladimir Putin undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer

Chaim Topol, best known for his role in Fiddler on the Roof, has died.

Chaim Topol dead: Fiddler on the Roof actor dies aged 87

Extinction Rebellion at Barclays, Sheffield

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Sheffield Trades Union Council secretary Martin Mayer calling on Sheffield City Council to once more declare the city an 'apartheid-free zone' and campaign to stop local government pension fund investments in Israel

Call for city ‘apartheid-free zone' to support Palestinians

Daniel Jebbison of Sheffield United and England under-19's: Simon Bellis / Sportimage

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Three Sheffield secondary schools - High Storrs, Tapton and Silverdale - have made the Sunday Times' Parent Power list of 'best 10 in the North' for 2024.

Three Sheffield schools make list of North's best 10 secondary schools

The Coca Cola Christmas truck will be visiting a Sheffield pub today at 12 noon. Image: Artem/stock.adobe

The Coca-Cola Christmas Truck is coming to city pub today

File picture. BBC Weather says Sheffield is in for a flurry this Sunday morning but the Met Office do not have it on their radar.

Forecasters disagree on whether city will see snow this Sunday