Washington: US President George W. Bush has ordered $86.4 million in aid for security forces led by Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas. 

"The aid will be used to support efforts to train, equip and reform Palestinian civil security forces commanded by Abbas, in a bid to fight terror and help restore law and order in Gaza and the West Bank," officials said.

The US and some other Western countries cut off aid to the Palestinian government and backed Abbas and the Fatah forces under his direct command, after the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas won elections and gained control of the government early in 2006.