Israeli children inspect sniper rifles displayed at a military exhibition in the central Israeli town of Rishon Letsiyon on September 16, 2008. The US Defense Department has notified Congress of plans to sell 1,000 bunker-buster bombs to Israel in a deal worth 77 million dollars. Israel, the region's sole if undeclared nuclear armed state, considers Iran its main strategic threat because of its nuclear programme, which Israel and its staunch US ally suspect is aimed at developing weapons. Getty Images logo Getty Images 17 months ago

Israeli children inspect sniper rifles displayed at a military exhibition in the central Israeli town of Rishon Letsiyon on September 16, 2008. The US Defense Department has notified Congress of plans to sell 1,000 bunker-buster bombs to Israel in a deal worth 77 million dollars. Israel, the region's sole if undeclared nuclear armed state, considers Iran its main strategic threat because of its nuclear programme, which Israel and its staunch US ally suspect is aimed at developing weapons.