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Hamas likely reaped massive windfall while betting against Israeli stocks in the days before the Oct. 7 attacks by the terrorist group, a report claims.
One of the researchers behind the 67-page report said it had been corrected, but the issue did not affect the "highly unusual" activity they identified taking place before the attack.
JERUSALEM Israeli authorities are investigating claims by US researchers that some investors may have known in advance of a Hamas plan to attack Israel on Oct 7 and used that information to profit from Israeli securities. Research by law professors Robert Jackson Jr from New York University and Joshua Mitts of Columbia University found significant short-selling of shares leading.