¡¡¡¡JERUSALEM, Oct. 22 (Xinhuanet) -- Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Chairman Yasser Arafat is expected to undergo surgery at his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah to remove gallstones, the Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday.

¡¡¡¡Doctors who examined Arafat lately determined that he would require surgery "some time in the near future," the report quoted PNA officials as saying.

¡¡¡¡But the condition of Arafat is not life-threatening and he will be treated at his headquarters compound, the report said.

¡¡¡¡Arafat has not left his office for the past two years for fear that Israel would not allow him to return.

¡¡¡¡The newspaper also cited an unnamed Arab diplomat as saying thatthe surgery was "not urgent" and doctors could dispatch a mobile hospital to Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah to perform the operation.

¡¡¡¡Arafat's aides said the doctors from Jordan, Russia and Egypt had found him to be in generally good health except for a bout of influenza and severe inflammation of the stomach.

¡¡¡¡Rumors have been circulating for weeks about the health of the 74-year-old Palestinian leader. However, his personal physicians have denied reports that he is suffering from stomach cancer, heartailments and other severe illnesses. Enditem