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The two key Palestinian terror hubs of Jenin and Nablus continue to serve as primary sources of violence and terrorism in the region.

Counterterrorism raid in syria, and it killed the leader of isis. the white house released this photo from the situation room, the president is set to deliver remarks at any moment. joining us now is cnn national security analyst peter bergen. hes the author of many books including "the rise and fall of osama bin laden." can you put this into context for us? the elimination of al qurayshi and what this means. >> im not sure it means a huge amount to be honest. al qurayshi, the leader of isis jus...

Into, once again, another critical week with really high tensions. >> jasmine, i also want to ask you about president biden planning to visit israel later this year after a phone call on sunday with the israeli prime minister naftali bennett. how does the u.s. counterterrorism raid in syria last week play out between the two countries? how does that factor in? >> reporter: well, thats just something we are going to have to wait and see. look, this is the highest profile killing of an isis leader...

Confront bigotry, thats your reality check. >> a very needed one, john, thank you. "new day" continues right now. this is cnn breaking news. >> very good morning to our viewers here in the u.s. and around the world, it is thursday, february 3rd, and breaking just moments ago, president biden confirming that the united states carried out a counterterrorism raid in syria, that has killed the leader of isis. so this is the first video that we are seeing of this operation. it is just in to cnn. ...

This is cnn breaking news. >> a very good thursday morning to you. it is a busy news morning. im jim sciutto. >> im bianna golodryga. we begin this hour with breaking news. the leader of isis is dead. this following an overnight counterterrorism raid conducted by u.s. special forces in northwest syria. the syrian civil defense group says at least 13 people were killed, including 6 children and 4 women. >> it was the largest such operation the u.s. has conducted since the previous isis leader abu...

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that the mission was "successful."

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that the mission was "successful."

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that the mission was "successful."

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that the mission was "successful."

Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said that the mission was "successful."