Two Israeli soldiers received jail time for desecrating a religious statue in southern Lebanon. The incident, involving a cigarette placed in the statue's mouth and a photograph, sparked outrage and adds to recent anti-Christian accusations against Israeli forces.

Two Israeli soldiers will spend weeks in military prison for desecration of a Christian object after one stuck a cigarette in the mouth of a statue of the Virgin Mary in southern Lebanon and the other photographed it. The photo of the soldier, a cigarette dangling from his own mouth, went viral and sparked widespread outrage. It was the latest act by Israeli forces to be denounced as anti-Christian in southern Lebanon, where Israel launched a ground invasion earlier this year to target the...