Study Finds Suspicious Stock Trades Preceded Hamas Attack in Israel
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A study found unusual short selling of Israeli stocks days before the Hamas attack on Oct 7, suggesting someone may have had inside knowledge.
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Short selling ahead of the attack yielded a profit of nearly $900,000 for one Israeli company's shares.
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The suspicious trading activity was bigger than what occurred before other major instability events in Israel's recent history.
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The study's authors believe a single trader was likely behind the trades, having advance knowledge of the coming attack.
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The research points to a potential new intelligence tool using stock trades to detect warnings of attacks.