ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - Lebanon’s Health Minister Rakan Nassereddine said Sunday that Israeli attacks have killed 394 people, including nine rescue workers, accusing Israel of targeting civilians, homes, and medical teams.

A Hezbollah missile attack in the days following the US-Israeli military offensive against Iran provoked a massive Israeli retaliation, with the long-suffering Levantine state having bemoaned both the militant's group's involvement in the conflict and Israel's response.

Speaking at a press conference, Nassereddine condemned what he described as attacks on ambulances and emergency personnel.

“These are civilians being targeted, not, as they claim, military personnel and military installations,” he said. “They are targeting homes, paramedics, and the health sector.”

He added that “the pace of the massacres has increased in the past 48 hours,” saying medical teams and ambulances were under attack. “This is unacceptable,” he said.

The latest figures mark a sharp rise from a previous death toll announced Saturday, when the minister said 294 people had been killed.

The escalation comes amid continued cross-border fighting between Israel and armed groups in Lebanon, with the Israeli military saying Sunday that two Israeli soldiers were killed overnight after an anti-tank missile struck an engineering vehicle operating in southern Lebanon.

Israeli media reported that the missile hit a D9 military bulldozer, striking its fuel tank directly and critically wounding the soldiers. They were airlifted to a hospital but later died.

According to Israeli media, the incident occurred while an engineering unit from the 601st Battalion was carrying out operations in the Upper Galilee area. A rescue force had been dispatched to assist a vehicle when the missile was fired.

The Israeli army said the attack was part of a series of anti-tank missile strikes in recent days targeting Israeli forces near the Lebanese border.

Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that around 60 rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israel overnight and into Sunday morning.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah said it launched a rocket barrage at the “Misgav” logistics base in northern Israel at around 1:35 pm Sunday, while Al-Mayadeen TV reported additional rocket fire from southern Lebanon toward Israel.

The Cyprus connection

Separately, Lebanon’s Foreign Minister Youssef Raggi said he had contacted his Cypriot counterpart Constantinos Kombos after Cyprus said explosive-laden drones targeting the island had originated from Lebanese territory.

In a statement on X, Raggi condemned the attacks and said they “do not represent Lebanon, its state, its people, or its values.”

He warned against linking Lebanon to actions carried out outside the authority of the state.

“I called on our Cypriot friends not to confuse the Lebanese state with those acting outside its authority and legal framework,” he said.

Raggi also referenced the Lebanese government’s recent decision declaring all military and security activities by Hezbollah to be unlawful, saying the drone attacks should be understood in that context.