Heavy fighting is continuing between rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah in Gaza, with reports Hamas now controls almost the whole Gaza Strip.

It comes despite the two sides saying they had agreed to a truce to end days of fighting which has killed 80 people.

But Hamas's military wing says it has so far received no orders to put down its guns.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, of Fatah, is to make a statement on the future of the unity government.

Sources close to Mr Abbas told the BBC he is deciding whether to change the Palestinian cabinet or dismiss it altogether, thereby ending the three-month-old unity government that was meant to stop the violence.

Gun battles

Hamas militants are now targeting Fatah's security and political command centers in Gaza City, following a series of battles on Wednesday in which Hamas made important gains in the north and south.