The Palestinian civil servants' union announced on Saturday that it is ending a 135-day strike it had launched to protest non-payment of salaries by the Hamas-led government.

The union is dominated by Hamas' political rival, President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah, and the strike was seen as part of the power struggle between the two sides.

Civil servants will go back to work on Sunday, the head of the union, Bassam Zakarneh, said at a joint news conference with Finance Minister Samer Abu Aisheh and Deputy Prime Minister Nasser Shaer, both of Hamas.

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The Hamas government, formed in March, had been hit hard by an international aid boycott and had only paid partial salaries to 165,000 employees. In September, about half the civil servants, including teachers and health care workers, went on strike, while 80,000 members of the security forces remained on the job.

The finance minister said full salaries will be paid, starting next month, and that the back wages will be paid in installments. It was not immediately clear how the government would come up with the money.

Abu Aisheh said the government has more than $30 million in donations in an Arab League account and that Qatar has promised $22 million.