Syrian forces accidentally shot down a Russian military plane after an Israeli airstrike on Syrian territory, Kremlin officials said, the worst case of friendly fire for Russia in the Syria war.

The accident initially caused a crisis in Russia-Israel relations as the Kremlin and Russian Military blamed the Israelis, underscoring the risks of escalation from unintended consequences among the different forces operating in Syria.

The Russian Military in strong terms had blamed Israel for the incident that killed all 15 on board, saying in a statement that Israeli pilots were using the Russian aircraft as a shield hiding its F-16s behind the Russian plane causing it to be in the line of fire of Syrian defenses.

They also said Israel had abused the countries’ coordination system that is meant to avoid such accidents, by providing only a minute’s notice before its fighters struck a Syrian air base — too little time for the Russian plane to avoid the crossfire.

Despite the anger by the Russian military, fears of a Russia-Israel confrontation were resolved by Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin. He placed blame for the downing of the plane, an Ilyushin Il-20 surveillance aircraft, on “a chain of tragic accidental circumstances” and not just on Israel.

BUT… In a telephone call later with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, Putin, complained that the Israeli Air Force had violated Syrian sovereignty and that “Russian-Israeli agreements on preventing dangerous incidents had not been observed either, and that resulted in the Russian aircraft coming under Syrian air defense fire.”

So, Putin still laid certain amount of blame on Israel.

One can only wonder, how incident after incident Russia experiences with Israel in Syria, may play into their thinking; which ultimately leads to fulfillment of the Ezekiel 38 Gog of Magog prophecy, where Israel is surprisingly invaded by these descendants of the Magog tribe of Genesis 10.

But this surprising move by Israel attacking targets at the Syrian city of Latakia where the Russian bases are located, and contributing to this incident, is dangerously goading the Russian Bear.

It may seem like Israel has got pass this, but the Bear is watching, and may not forget—ultimately making a surprise move.

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