The Palestinian side will announcethe death of 75-year-old veteran leader Yasser Arafat Wednesday morning, the Al-Arabiya TV channel reported Tuesday night.

"Palestinian officials will make an announcement about the passing away of President Arafat Wednesday morning," the TV report said, quoting sources in France, where Arafat had been treated since Oct. 29.

Earlier in the day, the Arabic-language news network said that Arafat had died at a French military hospital.

On Tuesday, a senior Palestinian official said that if Arafat dies, all arrangements of funeral, burial, mourning and condolences would take place at al Muqataa, Arafat's headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah.