Renard

"This plan is not a solution, it's a political decision," Renard said.

Renard said aid agencies on the Gaza side did not employ armed guards to accompany their cargoes because it was considered too dangerous, so a lengthy ceasefire and an extension of the current five-day window for the transfer of food was urgently needed.

Herve Renard was the manager who brought him to Lille - but was sacked in November and, after only three Ligue 1 starts, Guirassy was sent on loan to second-tier Auxerre in January.

The overall picture, says Antoine Renard, local head of the UN’s World Food Programme, is of Palestinians facing “a daily struggle for survival”.

WFP's director for the Palestinian Territories, Antoine Renard, also told the outlet that his teams on the ground had just a week of flour supplies left.