Palestinians have voted in local elections on Saturday, including the first poll of any kind to be held in Gaza since 2006, BBC reported. 

Electionstook place across the occupied West Bank, as well as in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, where Hamas operates.

Hamas was not allowed to stand and several other factions have boycotted it over a requirement that candidates recognise the authority of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO), which dominates the Palestinian Authority (PA) governing the parts of the occupied West Bank not under Israeli control.