Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fired several security chiefs on Friday for failing to halt lawlessness in the West Bank and Gaza, two days after gunmen from his Fatah faction fired at his compound. The head of Palestinian national security in the West Bank, Haj Ismail, also quit after the president called for his resignation, a senior Palestinian security official said. Abbas has yet to approve it. "(Abbas) was not happy with the performance of some of the heads of security forces," a Palestinian official said. "He was very upset about what happened in Ramallah and he will take other crucial measures in the near future." Several al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militants fired at the president's compound in Ramallah on Wednesday and then rampaged through the city after security commanders urged them to put aside their weapons. Hours after Abbas's announcement, gunmen from al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stormed a recreation center in the West Bank town of Nablus to protest against a recent election of the building's management that the militant Hamas group had won. Abbas's orders also followed the resignation of the head of Palestinian intelligence, who quit after complaining to the president that too little was being done to halt the chaos.