US CENTCOM Commander General Michael Erik Kurilla was in Israel on Friday to coordinate US defense moves with the Israeli general staff.
Iran has threatened Israel with retaliation after Israel struck an Iranian embassy complex that was being used by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC).
The US has warned numerous times since then about a possible Iranian attack on Israeli territory.
On Friday, the WSJ reported that the US repositioned two destroyers, one from inside the Middle East and another from outside the region. According to an unnamed official cited in the report, one of them is reportedly armed with an Aegis missile defense system. READ MORE
