a hot spot of militant activity and of some of these new militant groups that sort of have some varying ties to the more established ones, like hamas and islamic jihad. what we saw overnight, this was by far the largest israeli military operation in the occupied west bank period since 2002. so, we re talking about the days of the second intifada, when israeli tanks were rolling through the streets of palestinian cities in the west bank. there were hundreds if not up to 1,000 israeli forces operating in jenin. they utilized air strikes from drones, and there were bulldozers ripping up the streets of jenin. there was to try to get rid of ieds there. and also there were tanks. they were not inside jenin itself. but they were on the outskirt of jenin. i cannot emphasize enough how just the sight of israeli tanks on the outside of a palestinian city, how much that brings back the memories of the violent days
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west bank city on thursday to mourn the slain journalist shireen abu akleh. she was shot and killed on wednesday while reporting on israeli military raids in the city of jenin. this morning the palestinian authority is vowing to at that time case to the international criminal court. atika shubert is live with the very latest. good morning. reporter: we re actually at st. joseph s hospital and you can see behind me the building with the wreathes and palestinian flag draped, that is where the body of shireen abu akleh is being prepared for burial. we understand the funeral will take place at a church by jaffa gate and then there will be a funeral procession to the mount zion cemetery. bound to be an emotional day. yesterday thousands of people came out and i think that we ll see the same outpouring of