French military hospital Percy confirmed on Thursday that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat died in intensive care at 3:30 a.m. (0230GMT).

General Christian Estripeau, spokesman for the health department of the French Defense Ministry, said in a statement that "Mr. Yasser Arafat, president of the Palestinian Authority, died at Percy Military Training Hospital in Clamart on Nov. 11 at 3:30 am (0230 GMT)".

Estripeau told reporters Arafat's body would be leaving the hospital and there would be no details at all on the cause of death or anything else.

Arafat, 75, had suffered from a variety of digestive tract ailments since he had been confined to his Ramallah headquarters by the Israeli army. He was transferred to the French military hospital on Oct. 29.