Employees at public schools, ministries and state institutions in the Gaza Strip staged on Thursday a partial strike in protest at the current Palestinian government's failure to pay salaries of civil servants of the Hamas-led government.

The workers' union pledged to escalate action following Eid al Adha, calling on all employees to participate in the strike.

All ministries will keep their doors close as of 10 am and till 12 pm local time, the union said.