02/08/2014 Look North (Yorkshire)

A Palestinian man living in Sheffield has been speaking

of his loss after 11 members of his family died in an Israeli

Musheir El`Farra, chairman of the Sheffield Palestine Solidarity

Campaign, organised a protest of around 200 people at

He is still in shock at losing his relatives.

Musheir said he discovered yesterday that 11 of his family members,

cousins, and second cousins had been killed in Gaza.

He tells me they were at home in the city of Khan Younis when their

apartment block was hit by a missile in the early hours of the morning.

They were sleeping in their beds when the first missile hit.

In total, 11 of my relatives have died, five of them are intensive

care, about 17 are injured as well ` still in hospital.

Today, Musheir organised a demonstration in Sheffield calling

The people outside the Town Hall today say they will be back here

And among the campaigners, members of the Jewish community showing

You will find amongst this crowd here plenty of people

who are Jews, plenty of people who are Muslims, plenty of people who

Who are very concerned about the plight of the Palestinian

people, most especially in Gaza at the moment.

The British Government has announced an extra ?3 million

of funding to help the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Health officials say 200 people have been killed there since

Israel has announced two of its soldiers have died and claims

It says many people are living in fear because

of tunnels being used by militants to infiltrate the country.

Meanwhile, rockets are still being fired into Israel.

Back in Sheffield, Musheir waits for news on family

members still in hospital and those relatives trying to stay safe.

Now, the action and the medals keep coming thick and fast for Yorkshire

With news of more success and an anxious wait for gold,

There were the judges, waiting for their decision was agony. But it

went in the way of Nicola Adams. She had to be at her best. It was a hard

fight, deserving of making history as she became the first win in's

boxing champion of the Commonwealth Games. I am over the moon. I have

done it again. I have managed to make history. Another gold medal

coming back to Leeds. Fellow Leeds fighter was up against a world`class

opponent. A close fight ended on the ropes. It was not my day today. All

credit to my opponent. Pam Olympians also take to be staged at the

Commonwealth Games. `` para Olympians. It was a bit like London.

I enjoyed it. It has been a successful week for the squash

contingent. A similar story for ping`pong. They had to settle for

silver. Our athletes are doing us proud there. Here is the forecast.

Well, we have seen quite heavy showers today especially

And as we head through the night, we will continue to see some shower

The risk of one or two rumbles of thunder.

But, those showers clearing ` some clearer skies out towards the east.

More in the way of cloud later in the night, by the early hours,

and temperatures dipping to 14 degrees 15 degrees.

Tomorrow the winds really picking up, becoming breezy by the coast,

The risk of some showers especially for the North West.

Further towards the south and east, some brighter spells and sunshine

Enjoy the rest of your evening. Goodbye.

that you have a very good evening, goodbye.

It has been one of those days, Sony for some and pouring with rain for

others. Locally there has been intense downpours. Further west,

resolutely cloudy and wet across the heart of Scotland and much of

Northern Ireland, brighter skies feeding into Belfast, the process

will continue, with rain edging away West, it will become confined to the

northern half of Scotland, peeling back in again, to the far north of

Wales, into the Irish Sea. Much quieter night further south,

breezy, but becoming mostly dry. Pressure night. 13 of 14