Gaza-fired rocket strikes Israeli highway meters from passing cars

Video from a traffic camera in central Israel captured the moment on Tuesday when a rocket strikes a major highway only metres from several passing vehicles.

Gaza's Hamas rulers are threatening to avenge the targeted killing of a top commander from the smaller Islamic Jihad group in the coastal strip.

The militant Hamas movement said that Israel "bears all the consequences and results from this dangerous targeting and escalation."

It adds that the attack on Tuesday morning "will not pass without a punishment".

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