Yaniv Pagot, head of TASE trading, said: "Most participants in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange assume that the current war will be relatively short."

Even before the US operation, the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) had been climbing steadily since last week when Israel began Operation Rising Lion.

'Just before the attack, short selling of Israeli securities on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) increased dramatically' said two American law professors.