In the wake of last month’s U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, a senior Israeli official says that some of Tehran’s supply of enriched uranium survived the American blitz and could potentially be accessed by the Islamic Republic’s nuclear scientists.

According to the New York Post, the official told reporters Wednesday that Israel’s assessment is that part of the 60% enriched uranium at the Isfahan site remains accessible, having apparently been buried too deep to be destroyed. The situation is reportedly similar at the other facilities that were hit by U.S. missiles.

The official added that the Jewish state continues to monitor Iran’s movements to determine if it’s trying to access the remaining stockpiles. Doing so would be very difficult, they said.

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