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Coco Warner Reporting The news, numbers and pictures coming out of Southern Lebanon right now are frightening. Hundreds of people have been killed from this weekend's latest Israeli airstrike against the Hezbollah and dozens are innocent civilians.
The latest eruption of violence in the Middle East is spreading concern all across the world. In Utah, religious leaders are among those closely watching the events. Coco Warner spoke with two this morning, to get their perspective on the latest developments.
Imam Shuaib Din, The Islamic Society of Greater Salt Lake: "A spokesman for the Hezbollah as said on the radio that the maximum number of 16 or 17 Hezbollah fighters have been killed in total. So it's very obvious Hezbollah is not being disarmed. What is happening is innocent people are losing their lives."
Rabbi Benny Zippe, Chabad Lubavitch of Utah: "We are constantly the ones being attacked and the world at large screams out cease fire. That's not acceptable. Cease fires can only happen when the perpetrators are going to cease and desist in a complete way from entering Israel, kidnapping our people, acting in a violent way--then we can talk about cease fire."
Nearly 150 Utahns gathered just last night in Salt Lake City to offer prayers on behalf of Israeli soldiers and for peace in the region.
