Israeli troops killed senior Hamas member Jihad Abu Swerah in a raid in Gaza, which also wounded three soldiers. A gun battle erupted when Israeli forces tried to arrest him in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, Israeli media reports said.
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