AMMAN, Jordan (UPI) -- Like the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the Arab response to the Lebanese-Israeli disproportionate military encounter further demonstrates the widening chasm between the Arabs and their regimes.The joint press conference by Arab League Secretary-General Amr Mousa and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Mohammad Shaali in Cairo following a meeting of Arab foreign ministers Saturday was testimony to this deep gap.

Egyptian and other Arab journalists angrily grilled the officials on what Arab governments are doing to stop Israel`s blockade and relentless air strikes against Lebanese civilian targets and infrastructure. At least 100 Lebanese have been killed and more than 250 others injured, most of them civilians, since Israel launched a military offensive against the country Wednesday following a cross-border operation by Lebanon`s Hezbollah guerillas, in which eight Israeli soldiers were killed and two others captured.

Hezbollah rockets Sunday slammed into Israel`s port city of Haifa, killing nine Israelis, while four other civilians were killed in four days of Hezbollah rocket attacks.

Day 5, Beirut/Tel Aviv - Israel's offensive against Lebanon and the Hezbollah guerrilla group threatened to escalate dramatically Sunday when a missile barrage slammed into the port city of Haifa and the Israeli military ordered all Lebanese civilians to leave southern Lebanon. Over 100 Lebanese have been killed, and around 280 wounded, in the approximately 220 attacks, most aerial, that Israel has launched since the offensive began on Wednesday.

Some 12 Israeli civilians have also been killed and between 325 to 340 people wounded by the more than 450 rockets Hezbollah has fired at the Jewish state. Fur Israeli sailors were also killed when an Iranian-produced c-802 missile fired from the Lebanese coast hit a missile boat off the coast of Lebanon Friday night.

Hezbollah's deadliest rocket barrage so far took place Sunday morning, when around ten missiles slammed into Haifa, Israel's third largest city. Eight people were killed, and dozens wounded, in the strike, which Hezbollah said was carried out by Raad 2 and Raad 3 missiles. Pls click READ MORE to view more pictures, and click on news archive to view pictures of day1 and day2.

bbc news, An Israeli air raid has killed at least 17 Lebanese civilians who were fleeing southern border areas. Women and children were among those killed when the convoy was hit. "Bodies litter the road," an eyewitness said.

Israel has expanded its campaign launched after Hezbollah militants seized two Israeli soldiers. More than 70 Lebanese have been killed. Hezbollah has responded with rockets. Several have hit the town of Tiberias in the deepest such attack in Israel. Three Israeli sailors are missing after their ship was hit by a Hezbollah missile on Friday. The body of a fourth was found, according to Israeli media.