An Israeli-backed American organization running a new aid program in Gaza is denying a report by The Associated Press that American contractors guarding the foundation’s aid sites inside Gaza were using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scrambled for food.

A new Amnesty International report published Thursday says the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation uses a militarized aid mechanism that enables Israel to use starvation as a weapon of war and inflict genocide against Palestinians.

The U.K.-based human rights group condemned Israel and the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which the U.S. and Israel have backed to take over aid distribution in Gaza from a network led by the United Nations.

The rise of Izz al-Din al-Haddad in the chain of command suggests the group will hold firm to its position demanding a total end to the war before releasing all remaining hostages.

Hamas is seeking guarantees that a new U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal for Gaza would lead to the war's end, a source close to the militant group said on Thursday, as medics said Israeli strikes across the territory had killed scores more people.

President Trump says Israel agreed to the necessary conditions for a 60-day Gaza cease-fire. WSJ Middle East bureau chief Shayndi Raice on what comes next.