The US and Israel’s joint strikes on Iran and the response by the Islamic nation, whose supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei was killed, have triggered anxiety among investors, worried about the effects the conflict would have on the markets today.

Israeli strikes were launched at Beirut’s southern suburbs on Monday, Lebanese state media reported, as Hezbollah said it fired rockets and drones at Israel.

Mohammad Raad, chief of Hezbollah’s parliamentary faction has been killed in Israerli strikes in Lebanon’s capital Beirut and other Southern regions.