The commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claimed Thursday that America’s anti-missile defense system would not be enough to protect Israel from Tehran, warning, “We will destroy you.

The Pentagon says the United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel along with troops needed to operate it.

Israel and its allies have successfully defended against Iran’s missile attacks thus far, but it has required an extraordinary level of cooperation, and the challenge is likely to only get harder if

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