More than 70 rockets were fired into Israel Monday from the Gaza strip; sparking new fears of escalating violence throughout the region after an Israeli army officer and local Hamas commander were killed in recent clashes.

“The clashes prompted Israeli airstrikes and a salvo of rocket fire from Gaza toward Israel. An Israeli lieutenant colonel and several Hamas fighters were among those killed,” writes NBC News.

Video from southern #Israel–unconfirmed reports of one projectile hitting a home in Sderot and another in the community of Netivot pic.twitter.com/9hgpICsRYb — Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) November 12, 2018

Israeli jets attacked targets in Gaza following the rocket barrage; destroying key militant strongholds and terrorist bases.

Read the full report at the Jerusalem Post.