Israel Reportedly Believes Iran Moved Centrifuges Deep Beneath a Mountain: ‘Enrichment Is Currently Taking Place’

Israel believes Iran has moved centrifuges to Pickaxe Mountain and is enriching uranium there, according to a new report.

Citing a senior diplomatic source, The Jerusalem Post detailed that the country doesn't believe Tehran's nuclear program has been fully destroyed.

"There are centrifuges at Pickaxe Mountain where enrichment is currently taking place," the source added.

The compound in Pickaxe Mountain is located near Natanz, Iran's nuclear facility that has been heavily damaged by U.S. bombings from the 2025 war. It hosts two tunnel complexes experts believe can't be reached by the U.S.'s most powerful bunker buster bombs.

Another report noted that Israeli intelligence already believed Iran moved thousands of nuclear centrifuges to the area. The Wall Street Journal detailed that officials told U.S. counterpart their assessment shows the move took place in the past fall after the 12-day, which ended with the U.S. bombing Iran's main nuclear sites.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi recalled earlier this year that Iran said in 2021 that it intended to "have nuclear activity" in the mountain.

President Donald Trump recently said the U.S. will "take out" Piackaxe Mountain and the country should "ready" for it.

"We see no ⁠activity there. They're not doing well with their nuclear ​situation. Every time we hear about it, we blow ​it up. So they don't like talking about it. But we'll probably give Pickaxe a shot relatively soon," Trump claimed last week.

The remarks were made before Washington and Tehran entered a brief lull in attacks between Friday and Tuesday. Hostilities began again after Iran launched ballistic missiles against Jordan.

Trump has anticipated a forceful response. Speaking to Fox News, Trump said "we're going to beat the f---ing s--t out of them." "We'll be hitting them hard. They're going to get a beating," the president added.

Trump went on to say that U.S. forces had few minutes to respond to the attack but managed to shoot down all incoming missiles.

The U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the "Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps forces launched multiple ballistic missiles from Iran in an attempted surprise attack on U.S. forces based in the Middle East."

It went on to claim that "all Iranian missiles were successfully intercepted. U.S. forces remain vigilant and at a high state of readiness."

The U.S. later said it fired on Iran-backed militias in Iraq along with Saudi Arabia in retaliation for strikes against Riyadh over the past days. Groups said at least 20 fighters have been killed.