Vatican envoy’s aid convoy stopped by Israeli forces in south Lebanon: Convoy member

(AFP/Al Arabiya) An aid convoy organized by the Vatican envoy to Lebanon that was headed for Christian villages in the country’s south was stopped by the Israeli military and forced to change course, a convoy member told AFP on Friday. A number of Christian-majority villages near the border have been caught up in the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah but many residents have refused to leave. – Vatican envoy’s aid convoy stopped by Israeli forces in south Lebanon: Convoy member