A Palestinian Cabinet member died shortly after he and other protesters scuffled with Israeli troops near a West Bank village. The forces also fired tear gas close to the demonstrators, witnesses said.

A Palestinian cabinet member has died shortly after he and other protesters scuffled with Israeli troops near a West Bank village.

Israeli soldiers have killed two Palestinians, including a 13-year-old, in further clashes as a search for three Israeli teenagers feared abducted in the West Bank entered its second week.