Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Monday issued a presidential decree to dissolve the Palestinian Council of National Security.

Official sources with Abbas office said that the Palestinian Council of National Security formed in late march by both Abbas of Fatah and the former Prime Minister Ismail Haneya of Haneya has been dissolved under a new presidential decree.

The sources said that Abbas whereat ordered to form a new national security council and appointed Prime Minister of the emergency government Sallam Fayyad as the head of the council.

In the wake of the Hamas' violent takeover of the Gaza Strip, Abbas has issued a serious of presidential decrees, including sacking the Hamas-led unity government and outlawing the Hamas movement.