The medical file of the deceased Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is done and is expected to be handed over to his legal assignees "without delay", French Defense Ministry said on Friday, while one of Arafat's nephews is heading for Paris.

According to a Palestinian official, Arafat's nephew, Nasser al-Qidwa, left Gaza on Friday and is on his way to Paris to pick up the file as his next of kin.

"We have worked four days on this file. It's ready to be given to the next of kin according to applicable rules," a Defense Ministry source said.

"On the kin list, there's no priority order. A nephew is justified to ask for the medical file, for the same reason as a wife or a child," the ministry said, without specifying the date for transfer.

According to the French law, the Percy military hospital at the southwestern Paris suburb of Clamart, where Yasser Arafat died on Nov. 11 after 13 days of hospitalization, is to hand over the file after verifying the validity of the request.

Rumors have been aired for one week in Palestine as well as in the Arabic world, saying Arafat was poisoned by Israel.

According to sources from Palestine, Qidwa should hand over the medical file to a ministerial committee set up for the inquiry of Arafat's death.

Under the French law, the family may decide to make the files public.

Source: Xinhua