Hamas is in full control of the Gaza Strip following days of bloody clashes with rival Palestinian faction Fatah. Hamas militants have seized the presidential compound in Gaza City following a week of fighting that’s left more than 100 dead. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has dismissed the Hamas-led government and declared a state of emergency.

Senior Abbas adviser Tayeb Abdel-Rahim: “We are declaring a state of emergency in all the Palestinian territories because of the criminal war in the Gaza Strip and the occupying of the Palestinian Authority security headquarters and the military coup of the armed militias that are working outside the law of the Palestinian legislation.”

Abbas says he will rule by presidential decree until conditions allow for early elections. But Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas said his government will carry on.

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh: “This evening, Mr. President Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) took hasty decisions, and some of the people surrounding the president did not read the consequences on the public Palestinian arena. … The existing government will carry out its duties and tasks in the best possible way and will not give up on its national and ethical responsibilities towards the Palestinian people.”