GAZA, June 15 (Reuters) - Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader dismissed as prime minister by the Palestinian president, said on Friday his government would continue to function and he urged an end to reprisal killings by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

"The existing government will carry out its tasks," Haniyeh said in a broadcast in the early hours after Hamas forces routed presidential supporters in Gaza. "I call on my brothers in Hamas to declare a general amnesty and to guarantee people's lives."

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