<p>The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday as part of a renewed investigation into his death, a Palestinian investigator said Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Arafat died in November 2004 in a French military hospital, a month after suddenly falling ill. <br /><br />Palestinian officials claim he was poisoned by Israel, but have not presented evidence. Israel has denied such allegations.<br /><br />Earlier this year, the detection of a lethal radioactive substance in biological traces on Arafat's clothing sparked a new investigation. <br /><br />Tests were inconclusive, and experts said they need to check his remains to learn more.<br />On Tuesday, Swiss, French and Russian experts will take samples from Arafat's bones, said Tawfik Tirawi, who heads the Palestinian team investigating the death.<br /><br /> They will examine the samples in their home countries. Arafat will be reburied the same day with military honors, but the ceremony will be closed to the public, Tirawi told a news conference. He did not specify when results would be announced but said the probe could take months.<br /><br />Earlier this month, workers began prying open the concrete-encased tomb in Arafat's former government headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.<br /></p>
<p>The remains of former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat will be exhumed on Tuesday as part of a renewed investigation into his death, a Palestinian investigator said Saturday.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Arafat died in November 2004 in a French military hospital, a month after suddenly falling ill. <br /><br />Palestinian officials claim he was poisoned by Israel, but have not presented evidence. Israel has denied such allegations.<br /><br />Earlier this year, the detection of a lethal radioactive substance in biological traces on Arafat's clothing sparked a new investigation. <br /><br />Tests were inconclusive, and experts said they need to check his remains to learn more.<br />On Tuesday, Swiss, French and Russian experts will take samples from Arafat's bones, said Tawfik Tirawi, who heads the Palestinian team investigating the death.<br /><br /> They will examine the samples in their home countries. Arafat will be reburied the same day with military honors, but the ceremony will be closed to the public, Tirawi told a news conference. He did not specify when results would be announced but said the probe could take months.<br /><br />Earlier this month, workers began prying open the concrete-encased tomb in Arafat's former government headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.<br /></p>