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Netanyahu says Israel 'mightier' as first F-35 fighter jets arrive

F-35 stealth jet

Tel Aviv: Israel on Monday became the first country after the United States to receive the U.S.-built F-35 stealth jet which will increase its ability to attack distant targets, including Iran.

The much-hyped arrival of the first two fighter jets was overshadowed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's tweet that Lockheed Martin's (LMT.N) whole F-35 project was too expensive, and the delivery was delayed for hours by bad weather preventing their take-off from Italy.

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