Israel’s Tel Aviv stock exchange on Sunday, 22 June 2025, jumped more than 4 per cent after the United States President Donald Trump announced that the nation had carried out an airstrike on three nuclear sites of Iran amid the raging Israel-Iran war. 

The Israeli stocks surged over 1.5 per cent at the opening on Sunday, reaching new record highs after the US joined Israel’s efforts to target the Islamic Republic’s nuclear facilities. 

The Tel Aviv 125 index rose by 1.5 per cent, while the benchmark TA-35 index climbed 1.6 per cent in early trade.

Markets had already been on an upward trend, with stocks advancing throughout all five sessions the previous week, recording a total gain of around 6 per cent as Israel targeted Iranian nuclear and military sites. 

Trump attacks Iran’s nuclear sites 

In a late-night media address on Saturday, 21 June 2025, US President Donald Trump announced that American military forces had carried out coordinated airstrikes targeting three nuclear facilities in Iran. 

Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan were the three nuclear sites which were hit as the US aimed to weaken Tehran’s nuclear program. 

“All planes are now outside of Iran’s space. A full payload of bombs was dropped on the primary site, Fordow. All planes are safely on their way home,” Donald Trump said in a social media post.

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