Martin Griffiths, the former United Nations undersecretary-general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, has spoken to Al Jazeera about the ceasefire deal.

“There’s already a lack of purpose. There is already much more doubt, I think, about moving to phase two,” he said, noting that phase one of the ceasefire “doesn’t meet the needs of Gaza”.

“The promises of Israeli withdrawal … must be talked through,” he said, adding that there needs to be a clear indication of when the Israeli authorities will allow aid to enter unimpeded.

However, he said that within the humanitarian community, they are already seeing indications that the Israeli government is already looking for “evidence of scapegoating” and looking to blame Hamas for a breakdown of the deal.