Palestinian PM says there will be no civil war

The Palestinian people will not descend into a civil war, and the rival Hamas and Fatah groups will overcome the current round of violence that has plagued the Gaza Strip, prime minister Ismail Haniyeh said today.

“We are concerned about ending this crisis. The term civil war does not exist in our dictionary,” Haniyeh said as he entered a meeting with the 13 Palestinian factions to discuss the recent events.