Israel has once again issued threats against Syria.

Avigdor Lieberman's statement was made on September 28th when answering media questions about whether the Israeli Air Force would resume airstrikes against targets inside Syrian territory following Russia's decision to reinforce the Damascus government's air defense missile forces with S-300 missiles.

Minister Avigdor Lieberman declared: "No Syrian weapon can stop the actions of Israel, and Tel Aviv vows to crush the S-300 if this system is transferred to Syria."

"It is important to us that the defensive weapons the Russians are supplying to Syria are not used against us. If they are used against us, we will act against them."

Commenting on the current situation, Mr. Lieberman emphasized: "If anyone attacks us, we will retaliate, regardless of whether it's an S-300, an S-700, or any other presence there." The minister stressed that Israel does not interfere in Syria's internal affairs, but Israel will not allow Iran to deploy troops in Syria and will not allow the Damascus government to possess S-300s – weapons that could be used against Israel.

Reportedly, this is the second time since the accidental shooting down of the Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft that Minister Avigdor Lieberman has announced the resumption of airstrikes inside Syrian territory.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated at least twice that the Israeli air force will continue to attack military targets linked to Iran in Syria. However, Netanyahu also affirmed that security cooperation with the Russian military will not stop after the Syrian accidental downing of a Russian Il-20 reconnaissance aircraft on September 17.

Thus, since September 17th, Israel has made five rapid announcements about resuming military operations in Syria, but surprisingly, since then, all of Israel's actions have remained at the level of statements without any concrete steps, leading experts to believe that Tel Aviv is wary of Syrian air defenses.

This possibility is entirely plausible because, according to Russian statements, in order to avoid incidents similar to the Il-20 incident on September 17, Russia decided to reinforce the air defense capabilities of the Damascus government.

In particular, Russia announced it would soon resume supplying Syria with S-300 high-altitude air defense missile systems. All this information may have helped Syria create a major obstacle that Israel would find difficult to risk crossing.