Click to play videoLebanon: Israel defense forces have made efforts to alert Lebanese civilians about scheduled attacks, dropping leaflets and broadcasting on radio stations.
No matter how much the Israeli military may warn CNN shows that many Lebanese are staying right where they are.
In Sidon's old market, it's business as usual. Less than an hour's drive from the bombing and shelling in the south, Sidon, Lebanon's third largest is peaceful at least for now.
On Saturday Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets over Sidon calling on residents to leave because Hezbollah targets in and around the city would be bombed.
Down by the harbour, the usual group of pensioners gathers for a mid-day water pipe and cup of tea.
These old timers are philosophical about this war it's not their first by a long shot they aren't easily swayed by scraps of paper falling from the sky.
“The Israelis are trying to scare us all away, but even if they start bombing, we are not going anywhere, “says a resident Mustafa Jumaa.
This is a predominantly Sunni Muslim city. It's hero, assassinated former Lebanese prime minister and Sidon native Rafiq Al-Hariri.
Israel is trying to appeal-in whatever way it can-to those who aren't Hezbollah's hardcore supporters.
In Arabic, a voice claiming to speak in the name of the state of Israel, calls upon the people of Lebanon not to allow Hezbollah to destroy their country.
In Sidon's old quarter, refugees from the south squat in a building dating back to when Lebanon was a remote province of the Ottoman Empire.
Leaflets and radio broadcasts aren't enough to send them packing again.
“We can't go any further. We have gone as far as we can. We don't have the money,” says a refugee Amal Shehata who fled from Tyre.
So they will just stay put and hope the war will pass them by.
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