British Foreign Secretary William Hague stressed on Wednesday on the need to reinforce Lebanon's stability, revealing that he will visit the Army Command during his stay in Beirut “to stress on the United Kingdom's support for the military institution”.

"We are very keen on Lebanon's stability and the UK will make sure to preserve it,” Hague said after meeting with Prime Minister Najib Miqati at the Grand Serail. “We will support the cabinet in all fields”.

Salafist cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Asir on Wednesday accused Hizbullah of “renting apartments” in the vicinity of his mosque in Abra, east of Sidon, with the aim of “monitoring” his movements.

“Recently, the mosque's neighbors, and we're among them, noticed some rented apartments that are inhabited by young men who are not residents of the area, and the neighbors thought that they are students,” Asir said, adding that “a dispute happened recently and heavily armed young men came out of these rented apartments and threatened the neighbors.”

The rebel Free Syrian Army on Wednesday threatened to shell positions of Hizbullah in Lebanon after accusing it of firing across the border into territory it controls.

"In the past week... Hizbullah has been shelling into villages around Qusayr from Lebanese territory, and that we cannot accept," General Selim Idriss, the FSA's chief of staff, told Agence France Presse on the phone, adding that the rebels have given Hizbullah a 48-hour deadline to stop the attacks.

The tail of a surface-to-air missile (SAM) fired from Syria fell in the outskirts of the Lebanese town of Deir al-Ashayer on Wednesday, Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported.

The missile fell in the Deir al-Ashayer-Yanta-Halwa area inside Lebanese territory, causing no casualties or material damage, NNA said.

Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea and Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel held a lengthy phone conversation on Wednesday to discuss the latest developments regarding the electoral law.

"Both parties agreed to keep communication ongoing in this matter,” a statement released by the LF said.

Three Hizbullah members have been killed on Wednesday in an attack by the Islamist al-Nusra Front in a border town between Lebanon and Syria, the Turkish state-run Anadolu agency reported.

"The attack targeted a Hizbullah patrol in (the Bekaa border town of) Zeeta, killing three of the party's members,” informed sources told Anadolu.

United Nations Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly stressed on Wednesday the need for the parliamentary elections to be held “within the constitutional and legal timeframe” in order to maintain democracy and stability in Lebanon.

He said after holding talks with Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel: “We encourage all political parties in Lebanon to make every effort to achieve consensus on a new electoral law.”

Health Minister Ali Hasan Khalil on Wednesday issued a decree to cancel the contract with al-Shifa hospital in Tripoli after it refused to treat two-year-old Momen Khaled al-Mohammed, radio Voice of Lebanon (93.3) reported.

Khalil elaborated in a released statement: “The investigation's report confirm the hospital did not admit the child for illegal reasons despite him being in urgent need for treatment”.

Cabinet granted on Wednesday Prime Minister Najib Miqati the power to decide on the transfer of telecommunications data to security agencies despite the objection of a number of ministers.

The requested data dates from January 15 to May 15, 2012.

Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour urged on Wednesday the need to halt the violence in Syria and launch political dialogue, which alone can help end the country's crisis.

He said: “Foreign meddling in Syria will only deepen the crisis and not end it.”