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. 

The newly appointed Fallahzadeh made the comments at a ceremony in the central city of Isfahan honoring his predecessor, Mohammad Hejazi, who somewhat mysteriously died last week. Iran and its allies such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza often call themselves “the resistance,” and his use of the term likely refers to such groups.

Iran-Israel tensions are at a high and the remarks came after a missile fired from Syria hit Israel earlier Thursday. In the wee hours of the morning, a missile landed near Israel’s nuclear reactor in the central Negev desert. The Israel Defense Forces said they struck the Syrian launch site in response.