Palestinians are gathering for the funeral of a government minister who died after a confrontation with Israeli soldiers at a protest in the West Bank.
Ziad Abu Ein will be buried with full military honours in Ramallah.
Palestinians have blamed Israel for his death, saying he died after being hit by a soldier and inhaling tear gas.
Israeli says Mr Abu Ein's had a heart condition and suffered a heart attack brought on by stress. Israel's prime minister has called for calm.
A post-mortem on Mr Abu Ein, attended by Israeli and Palestinian officials, was carried out on Wednesday night. The results have not been officially released but both sides have issued differing accounts.
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Tensions are running high after the death of Ziad Abu Ein, reports Kevin Connolly
According to a Palestinian minister, Hussein al-Sheikh, they showed that the 55-year-old official died from "being struck, inhaling tear gas and a delay in providing medical attention".
Israel's ministry of health said preliminary results showed Mr Abu Ein had underlying heart problems, and the immediate cause of death was a blockage to a cardiac artery.
Its statement said Mr Abu Ein also suffered injuries to his neck. Images from the scene of Wednesday's protest showed him being grabbed by the throat by an Israeli border patrol officer.
Reuters news agency quoted an unnamed Israeli official familiar with the results of the post-mortem as saying the minister's death was "brought on by stress... The stress may have been brought on by him being grabbed by the neck".
Call for restraintFootage and images from the scene of the protest, near the unauthorised Jewish outpost of Adei Ad, showed a standoff at close-quarters between troops and Palestinians, followed by a scuffle between a protester and a soldier.
At one point Mr Abu Ein is seen being pushed by his throat by a soldier. He is subsequently seen collapsed on the ground.
A Sky News reporter at the scene tweeted that an Israeli medic tried to see to Mr Abu Ein but the minister was rushed by Palestinians to a vehicle. He was later taken to hospital in Ramallah but died on the way.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Mr Abu Ein was the victim of a "clear crime'' and a "barbaric act''.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for an investigation into the death and urged "all sides to exercise maximum restraint and avoid escalation".
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu passed a message to the Palestinian Authority saying that Israel would investigate the incident, while urging a "need to calm down the situation and act responsibly".
Israeli Maj Gen Yoav Mordechai said all the soldiers who were involved in the incident would be questioned and Israel would apologise if it concluded a mistake had been made.
As tensions grew, the Israeli military beefed up its forces in West Bank in case of violence.
Tear gasMr Abu Ein was among dozens of foreign and Palestinian activists taking part in a protest against land confiscations.
They had planned to plant olive tree saplings on a patch of land near the Jewish settlement of Shiloh, which Palestinians believe has been earmarked for annexation by Israel.
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Before he collapsed, Ziad Abu Ein (left) said he had been assaulted by Israeli soldiers
Several dozen protesters marched from the village of Turmusaya towards Adei Ad, about 5km (3 miles) south-east of Shiloh, where they were stopped by soldiers and border police.
Palestinian witnesses and news agency journalists said tear gas was fired during the confrontation.
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Aloul said Mr Abu Ein was hit by a tear gas canister.
An Israel Defense Forces statement said troops had used "riot dispersal means" to stop about "200 rioters" advancing into the community of Adei Ad.
Mr Abu Ein, a minister without portfolio, was head of a department dealing with Israeli settlements and its West Bank barrier
He once received a death sentence, commuted to life imprisonment, from a court in Israel for a 1979 bombing that killed two Israeli teenagers.
He was released in 1985 as part of a prisoner exchange that saw the release of three Israeli soldiers captured in Lebanon.
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