Yasser Arafat’s brother reportedly died of cancer. Israeli media said Fathi Arafat succumbed to colon cancer in a Cairo hospital overnight Sunday. One of the late Palestinian leader’s younger siblings, Fathi Arafat ran the Palestinian Red Crescent.
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