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Iranian military leader threatens Israel following missile strike from Syria

The new deputy commander of Iran's elite Quds Force claimed Israel will soon "collapse" as Iranian-Israeli tensions continue to rise.
Israeli search for missile debris

The new deputy commander of the elite Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps threatened Israel on Thursday following a rare missile strike against the Jewish state that Israel blamed on the Syrian military. 

Brig. Gen. Mohammad Reza Fallahzadeh said, “The occupier Zionist regime should know that the resistance groups are stationed all over the planet next to their bases and are bringing them closer to collapse at any moment.” His words were reported by the semi-official Fars News Agency

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