US set to approve 60,000 heavy bombs for Israel: What that means

United States President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to sell 60,000 highly destructive, 2,000-pound (907kg) bombs to Israel in a multibillion-dollar package which will be funded by American taxpayers.US media has reported that the Trump administration has approved the sale, which features some of the most destructive munitions in Western arsenals, and has informally notified Congress.This is one of the biggest US munition packages to Israel and comes after nearly three years of genocidal war on Gaza, ongoing pogroms by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank and a mighty assault on southern Lebanon – which together have killed tens of thousands and displaced millions in the region.It also comes as the US’s own munitions stockpile has been depleted due to its war on Iran, with the crisis worsened by Russia’s war on Ukraine.So, what bombs are the US sending to Israel, and what can Israel do with them?An Israeli military site is seen in the background behind destroyed residential buildings in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on September 10, 2026 [Mohammad Saber/EPA]What weapons are the US planning to sell to Israel?The Trump administrat...