Prime Minister and al-Mustaqbal Movement leader Saad Hariri on Thursday snapped back at Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who has accused his movement of supporting terrorist groups.

“Days ago, al-Mustaqbal Movement was accused of backing Daesh (Islamic State group) and the terrorist groups. This is a totally baseless accusation, because we are the ones who rescued the country, offered martyrs and stood in the face of Daesh before anyone else did,” Hariri said during an electoral rally.

An elections-related dispute escalated into gunfire Thursday in Beirut's Tariq al-Jedideh area.

The National News Agency said the clash between al-Mustaqbal Movement and the Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (al-Ahbash) broke out when an electoral convoy belonging to al-Ahbash was roaming the area's Hamad street.

An Israeli spy device was found Thursday in a southern Lebanese town, state-run National News Agency reported.

“The Lebanese Army found an aerial reconnaissance device belonging to the Israeli enemy in the outskirts of the town of Touline in Marjeyoun district,” NNA said.

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Thursday urged a massive turnout in the upcoming parliamentary elections, saying the MPs of his AMAL Movement and its ally Hizbullah will “defend coexistence” and “fight corruption” after being elected to the new parliament.

“Be great in your democracy the same as you were great in your resistance,” Berri said in a call to voters three days before the parliamentary polls, the first that Lebanon organizes in nine years.

Following its social elections day initiative launched few weeks ago, Uber, the leading ride-sharing technology that connects drivers with riders at the push of a button, announced today the related promo code that will allow users to benefit from free rides on Lebanese elections day.

The Lebanese government convened on Thursday to discuss several items on the agenda, as the ministers hailed what they described as “achievement” that allowed Lebanese expatriates to cast their votes from abroad in the country’s general elections.

Head of the Electoral Supervisory Committee, Judge Nadim Abdul Malak reminded parliamentary hopefuls to observe the period of pre-election silence in accordance with the law ahead of Sunday’s general elections, the National News Agency reported on Thursday.

The campaign silence allows a period for voters to reflect on events before casting their votes.

Thousands of polling station employees started casting their votes on Thursday in an early election, two days before the country launches its first legislative elections in nine years on Sunday.

Lebanon’s government will convene in a final meeting before the country launches its general elections on Sunday, to discuss some files described as “non controversial” amid expectations it is going to be “calm and short”, al-Joumhouria daily reported on Thursday.

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.