Middle East Special: Lebanon's Finance Minister claims Israeli raids have caused $2 billion damage

Lebanon's Finance Minister has said the Israel's military offensive had caused up to $2 billion in infrastructure damage.

Jihad Azour told the Financial Times (FT) newspaper that the Lebanese Government was scrambling to assess the damage, and the costs were growing by the hour."We are talking billions of dollars in terms of infrastructure, exceeding $1.5 billion to$2 billion," Azour said.