Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is swearing in the Palestinian emergency government in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday.

The official Palestinian Television showed 11 ministers, including two women, took their oath before President Abbas and new Prime Minister Sallam Fayyad one by one with their hand on the Holy Book of Quran.

Fayyad was asked to set up the emergency government one day after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday dismantled the unity government consisting of Hamas and Fatah, which took office on March 17.

Abbas dissolved the unity government and declared a state of emergency on the Palestinian territories after Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip following days of deadly infighting between Hamas and Fatah led by Abbas.

Source: Xinhua