The Islamist group releases video purporting to show rockets being fired toward an Israeli nuclear plant in Dimona, as the death toll in Gaza continues to rise from Israeli air strikes.

Israeli airstrikes continued to pound the Gaza Strip on Thursday as rockets launched by Hamas from Gaza have reached unprecedented distances.

Footage released by Hamas on Thursday purports to show "locally made" rockets being fired towards Tel Aviv and Haifa in northern Israel. They also released video which they claimed show rockets being launched towards Dimona, site of Israel's main nuclear facility.

Israel struck more than 320 Hamas targets overnight, focusing on underground tunnel networks and rocket launching sites.

That brought the total number of targets hit to 750 in three days of the massive offensive that has killed at least 80 Palestinians.

The Palestinians said air strikes in southern Gaza killed at least eight at a beach cafe where they were reported to be watching the World Cup. In a separate incident, eight other people died when the Israeli Air Force targeted the home of Odeh Kaware, a commander in the Hamas military wing.

Israel vowed to continue launching air strikes as long as Hamas' rocket bombardment goes on.

"As long as Hamas keeps firing the missiles from within population centres from within houses and streets and neighbourhoods which are populated with civilians, they are exposing these civilians to retaliation and to backfire. They are putting their own civilians in harm's way, in stark contrast with international law," said Yigal Palmor, Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesperson.


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