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Hamas may have profited from Oct. 7 assault with informed trading — study (www.timesofisrael.com)

submitted 11 months ago by cwagner to c/news

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Referencing the Study Trading on Terror? which is freely downloadable.

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[–] cwagner 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As was mentioned, these were very high shorts, implying a far higher confidence than mere rumors.

[–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago

Yes, this was a sharp level of activity.

Given the rumours about Egypt giving a warning 3 days earlier, I don't think Hamas is likely the only potential source or beneficiary of the information.