Trump adviser acknowledges potential sale of stealth fighters to Abu Dhabi has 'come up as a political issue in Israel,' vows US will consider Israel's qualitative military edge

Defense minister pens letter chastising PM, NSC head for asking air force chief if policy on Arab neighbors acquiring fighter jets had changed, without notifying him

Gargash tells the Atlantic Council that request to purchase stealth fighter was made 6 years ago, he anticipates 'a warm peace' with the Jewish state

While critics in Jerusalem warn against leveraging its 'qualitative military edge' in volatile region, Abu Dhabi insists F35s, drones necessary in fight against common enemy Iran

Channel 13 report, verified by PMO, says NSC chief Meir Ben-Shabbat went over Gantz's head to ask air force chief directly what Israel thought of fighter jet's sale to Mideast

Netanyahu denies he okayed the sale as part of normalization with Abu Dhabi, but it is the US which must decide if it undercuts the Israeli military edge it vowed to uphold

Pushing back at PM's claim that deal did not include agreement to remove Israeli objections, newspaper report maintains he was aware of multi-billion-dollar arms agreement

Gantz says he was not informed about details of normalization deal -- including reported US sale of stealth fighter -- until after the fact; PM denies such a sale is part of deal

Normalization pact said to have included removal of Israeli veto on multi-billion F-35 deal with Abu Dhabi, without defense establishment being notified

Military says noise was caused by fighter jet going faster than permitted during a training exercise