HIGHLIGHTS3 Palestinians Wounded in Qalqilya Including 10-year Old Boy||Arafat Signs Decree Bringing 2 Police Branches Under Umbrella of Newly Created Interior Ministry||Hizbollah at Work in Israel|| STORY: Israel's occupation army on Friday maintained its siege of the Palestinian Authority headquarters in Hebron, the seventh West Bank city reoccupied by Israeli forces after a spate of Palestinian Resistance bombings.

The occupation army fired missiles at a government compound in Hebron in an effort to dislodge suspected militants holed up inside for the past three days. Helicopter gunships fired at least four times, causing severe damage and leaving some of the walls blackened, witnesses said. There was no word on injuries. (Read photo caption)

Israeli occupation authorities say at least 15 wanted militants are hiding in the compound. Israeli media said one militant who had already turned himself in to occupation soldiers was an operative from the Lebanese Hizbollah Resistance group.

3 PALESTINIANS WOUNDED IN QALQILYA INCLUDING a 10-YEAR OLD BOY

Elsewhere in the West Bank, Palestinian witnesses said occupation soldiers opened fire in a market in the center of Qalqilya during a break in the curfew, wounding three young Palestinians, including a 10-year-old boy who was critically hurt.

In the Balata refugee camp near Nablus, a 19-year-old man was killed when troops fired on stone-throwers, Palestinian officials said. The occupation army claimed its soldiers shot at the man because he was planting an explosive device.

ARAFAT ISSUES DECREE PUTTING POLICE PREVENTIVE SECURITY & CIVIL DEFENSE UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF NEWLY CREATED INTERIOR MINISTRY

Meanwhile, Arafat signed a decree putting the police, preventive security and civil defense under the umbrella of the recently created interior ministry. "In the sake of general interest ... the police force, the preventive security force and the civil defense will be attached to the interior ministry," said the decree issued by Arafat's office.

"All the possessions and equipment of the police, preventive security and civil defense will also be relinquished to the interior ministry," the decree added. It called on the "concerned parties to implement this decree as of June 27, 2002."

The secretary of the Palestinian presidency, Tayeb Abdel Rahim, told AFP he hoped the reform would lead to the "strong infrastructure for the establishment of a Palestinian state. "We built institutions that the Israeli occupation have destroyed and we have done some mistakes that we are trying to rectify," Abdul Rahman said.

The decree came a day after the Palestinian Authority unveiled a 100-day reform plan of sweeping changes in the financial, judicial and security sectors.

The plan says the PA will implement the basic law a kind of Palestinian constitution that was signed by Arafat in May after several years of delay. A single transparent Treasury account would be created, to improve the management of public funds. All PA funds will be deposited in this account, according to the plan. The plan denounced "fanaticism " in the educational system and said it would be reformed.

The plan also said the PA would create greater discipline in its security services, and would establish law and order. It stressed that the PA is still committed to the peace process, and will work with all friendly parties to end the violence.

HIZBOLLAH AT WORK IN ISRAEL

Prosecutors in Israel have charged an Israeli citizen with spying for Lebanese Islamic militants.

A statement from the prime minister's office said the man was planning to inform Hezbollah of potential targets in Israel.

Israeli media said the man, identified only as Nissim, is the son of a Jewish mother and Shia Muslim father, who emigrated from Lebanon to Israel 10 years ago.

His arrest has raised fears in Israel that Hezbollah, which fought Israel in Lebanon, is planning to expand its campaign across the border.

Israel says the man was planning to supply the group with maps of Tel Aviv and Haifa, marked with fuel and electricity stations to attack.

He is also charged with informing Hezbollah of purported Israeli targets for assassinations in Lebanon and the Palestinian territories.

The man is further suspected of having developed a rapport with a senior Israeli army officer in order to extract information.

PHOTO CAPTION

Palestinian Authority representative Farouk Kaddoumi gestures during a press conference following the third day of the 29th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers in Khartoum Thursday, June 27, 2002. Members of the 57-nation of the Organization of Islamic conference, OIC, gathered in the Sudanese capital to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other Islamic issues in the world. (AP PHOTO/Amr Nabil)