The US has supplied Israel with more than 1,800 Mark 84 bombs and approximately 500 Mark 82 bombs, which are free-fall bombs but can be converted into precision weapons.
The bombs are part of an arms package that was approved for Israel years ago but is only now being implemented, two senior officials from US President Joe Biden's administration told the publication.
The Mark 84 and 82 are free-fall bombs that can be converted into precision bombs using a guidance kit provided by the US to Israel previously.
"These are bombs that can destroy entire neighborhoods," one official said of the MK84.
The delivery took place after US officials said Israel had provided Washington with guarantees that American weapons would be used in accordance with the laws of war.
Israel receives $3.8 billion in US military aid annually, but there is growing criticism of the US's continued supply of weapons to Israel due to a reported rising civilian death toll.
Disagreement between the US and Israel over the Rafah offensive
The Israeli army plans to launch a ground invasion of the city of Rafah near the border with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip. This is the last settlement under the control of the Palestinian Hamas movement.
During a recent conversation with IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Hertz Halevi, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Charles Brown said the US "will not accept" massive civilian casualties in Rafah, given the number of civilian casualties in the northern and central parts of the Strip Gaza.
Brown summarized Washington's proposal, which includes securing Gaza's border with Egypt through technological advances to prevent arms smuggling through the Philadelphia Corridor, isolating the city of Rafah and conducting targeted raids, and establishing a joint command center to coordinate targeted operations.
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