With tension climbing again, the Lebanese authorities issued precautionary guidance for evacuating the airport and surrounding installations in case of emergency. Israel's military said on Saturday it had "thwarted a surface-to-air missile that was fired from Lebanon" towards an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). It also said one its drones had hit a "terrorist cell" in Lebanon which had tried to launch an anti-tank missile at Israel. Sources have previously said Hezbollah's attacks on Israel were designed to keep Israel's army occupied without provoking a major war. Israel has said it has no interest in waging war and that if Hezbollah is restrained it will maintain the status quo.

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Persons: Lebanon's, Riham, Edmund Blair, Giles Elgood Organizations: Lebanese, Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport, Hamas, Thomson Locations: BEIRUT, JERUSALEM, Lebanon, Beirut, Gaza, Beirut Rafic, Israel, Naqoura, Dhayra, Jerusalem