Arafat's grave being dug up

November 18, 2012 02:23

Even as the death toll in Gaza, as a result of the Israeli air strikes, has mounted to 42, workers are opening the grave of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the West Bank.

Work started on Saturday and is expected to take up to two weeks.

Arafat's remains are to be exhumed by French, Swiss and Russian investigators to check for the radioactive substance, polonium-210.

The investigation came after a Swiss lab this year discovered traces of the deadly isotope on some of Arafat's clothes, sparking suspicions that he was poisoned.

Arafat died in November 2004, a month after suddenly becoming ill.

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