Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday snapped back at Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, stressing that the LF does not receive funds from Gulf countries.

“Hizbullah should be the last party to speak about ties with other countries, seeing as Sayyed Hassan (Nasrallah) has openly declared that all their money, military fatigues, food, drinks, arms and strategy come from Iran,” Geagea said in an interview on LBCI TV.

The Israeli army on Wednesday abducted Lebanese shepherd Ismail Saab from the border town of Shebaa, the National News Agency said.

“Following contacts conducted by UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) and the international Red Cross, it turned out that he was taken to the occupied Shebaa Farms,” NNA added.

Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil on Wednesday called on the AMAL Movement and Hizbullah to “respect” the presence of the FPM in the South and the Bekaa.

“Jbeil is beautiful with its cultural diversity, and the same as we respect the other in Jbeil, the other must respect us in the South and the Bekaa,” Bassil said at an electoral campaign rally in Jbeil, apparently referring to the Shiite community and its political representatives.

Prime Minister and al-Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri on Wednesday promised to execute developmental projects in his hometown Sidon, as he paid an electoral campaigning visit to the southern city.

“Sidon is loyal to its moderation, patriotism, Arab identity and all Arab causes. It is loyal to the cause of Palestine and the rights of the Palestinians, topped by the right to return to the state of Palestine and its capital Jerusalem,” Hariri said at a huge rally in the city.

President Michel Aoun on Wednesday urged Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt to help in returning Syrian refugees in Lebanon to their country, in talks with the envoys of the three powerful Arab nations.

“Lebanon is keen on having the best relations with Arab countries and it cannot be an arena for interfering in the affairs of any Arab nation,” Aoun said in Baabda, in a meeting with Saudi charge d'affaires Walid al-Bukhari, UAE Ambassador Hamad al-Shamesi and Egyptian Ambassador Nazih Naggari.

The Maronite bishops on Wednesday warned against practices undermining the electoral process as the country braces for its legislative elections on Sunday, the National News Agency reported.

A couple of days before Lebanon launches its general elections, Interior Minister Nouhad al-Mashnouq urged voters and candidates on Wednesday to “abide by the law” to ensure a smooth electoral process.

With campaigning in full swing for Lebanon's first national election in nine years, parliament candidate Laury Haytayan was trying to rope in passers-by with her message: She and other political outsiders are running in a new coalition that aims to be an alternative to the country's traditional powers.

Some were clearly reluctant to engage, but that didn't stop the irrepressible Haytayan.

Around 248 administrative government employees and professors, tasked by the government to head the polling stations on Sunday’s general elections, prepare to cast their votes two days earlier at the Zgharta Serail, the National News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Hizbullah has denied Morocco’s accusations that the party has been delivering weapons to the separatist Polisario Front in Western Sahara, after it severed relations with Iran over the allegations.