Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel “will not stand idly by” regarding alleged efforts by Iran and Hizbullah to produce precision-guided missiles in Lebanon, warning them to “be careful.”

“Today we unveiled a part of Iran and Hizbullah’s precision-guided missile project. We are determined to foil it,” Netanyahu said in a tweet on his Arabic-language Twitter account.

President Michel Aoun on Thursday returned to the presidential palace in Baabda after spending two weeks at the summer presidential palace in Beiteddine.

Aoun ended his residency in Beiteddine by holding a meeting with a popular delegation comprising Chouf residents and Free Patriotic Movement members.

The Israeli army on Thursday accused Iran and Hizbullah of stepping up attempts to build precision-guided missile production facilities in Lebanon, saying these efforts are putting Lebanese civilians in danger.

The announcement comes at a time of rising tensions. In recent days, Israel has struck Iranian targets in Syria and Iraq, and Hizbullah has accused Israel of a drone strike in Lebanon.

The Cabinet held a general meeting on Thursday at Beiteddine Palace, the summer presidential residence in Chouf region chaired by President Michel Aoun.

The Cabinet discussed 40 items on its agenda as well as emergency issues in the wake of Sunday's Israeli drone attack in the southern Beirut suburb.

Lebanese army troops and UNIFIL peacekeeping forces ran patrols on Thursday along the southern border amid heightened tensions in the wake of Israel’s drone attack in south Beirut.

NNA said the town of Adaisseh witnessed cautious calm and no Isareli military activity at the border.

Nineteen students from Lebanese universities visited the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) as part of a three-day study visit to The Hague, the Netherlands, from 25 to 29 August 2019, the STL said in a press release on Thursday.

The study trip was rewarded to the students who obtained the highest grades in the final exam of the Inter-University Programme on International Criminal Law and Procedure (IUP-ICLP).

Speaker Nabih Berri said on Thursday he is going to suggest several ideas at the economic meeting at Baabda that could resolve Lebanon’s economic crisis, al-Joumhouria daily reported.

Several Syrian refugees were expected to leave Lebanon on Thursday on buses in the latest wave of returns to their war-torn country, the state-run National News Agency said.

NNA said the General Security agency organized the return through the crossings of Masnaa, al-Abboudieh, al-Qaa and Arsal through al-Zamarani crossing on the Syrian border.

Prime Minister Saad Hariri held talks Wednesday at the Grand Serail with the ambassadors of Oman, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, Tunisia, Egypt, the UAE, Kuwait, Palestine, and the Jordanian Chargé d'Affaires, in the presence of former Minister Ghattas Khour

After the meeting, Ambassador of Kuwait Abdul Aal al-Qinai, said: “Prime Minister Hariri explained the Lebanese viewpoint on the recent events in Beirut and the southern suburbs. We as Arab countries stated our support and attachment to the security and stability of Lebanon and the measures or policies it takes to preserve its security, stability and territorial integrity.”

The Lebanese Army opened fire Wednesday evening at three Israeli drones hovering over the southern border town of Adaisseh, amid soaring tensions between Israel and Hizbullah.

An army statement said the military fired at a drone that flew over one of its posts in Adaisseh, forcing it to return to Israel.