A Paris conference on Thursday on aid for conflict-stricken Lebanon raised around $800 million for humanitarian aid but saw little diplomatic progress as fighting continues between Israel and Hezbollah. “In total, we have jointly gathered $800 million in humanitarian aid,” French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told participants as the conference closed. He added that there was a further “$200 million for the security forces” bringing the total to “almost a billion, even more than a billion… with the latest contributions”. The total far outstrips both France’s target of 500 million euros a…