Nov. 11, 2004: Yasser Arafat’s death at Percy Military Hospital in Clamart at 2.30 am GMT is announced at dawn in Ramallah by the PA and confirmed minutes later by hospital spokesman Estripeau. The PA declares a 40-day mourning period. Israel seals off the WBGS, fearing an explosion of Palestinian protest.

Arafat’s coffin draped with the Palestinian flag is carried by French military honor guards at Villacoublay air base near Paris and loaded onto a French airplane flying to Cairo (11 Nov.)

 


Egyptian honor guards carry Arafat’s casket upon arrival in Cairo
(11 Nov.)

 

Coffin escorted by military personnel on its way to Almaza Airbase in Cairo
(12 Nov.)

 

Widow Suha and 9-year-old daughter Zahwa watch Arafat’s funeral procession in Egypt (12 Nov.)

 

Soil brought from Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem by Muslim-Christian religious figures is added to Arafat’s grave (12 Nov.)

 

Palestinian crowds watch the Egyptian helicopters landing at the Muqata’a, Ramallah, with the casket of their late President on his final trip home (12 Nov.)

 

Crowds of Palestinian mourners attend the funeral in Ramallah where Arafat is laid to rest at the Muqata’a (12 Nov.)

 

Four olive trees uprooted from the yard of Al-Aqsa Mosque together with a sprinkle of Jerusalem soil are placed at the burial site of late President Yasser Arafat (12 Nov.)

 

Close-up photo of Arafat’s grave (13 Nov.)

 

Palestinian leaders praying at Arafat’s grave (13 Nov.)

 

Arafat’s mausoleum [مزار عرفات ]
at the Muqata’a in Ramallah, (Nov. 2004)