President Joe Biden says the United States is still working through whether to support a United Nations Security Council resolution that calls for a halt in Gaza hostilities to allow humanitarian aid.
Biden, who was asked by a reporter when Israel should move to a less intensive phase of its conflict with Hamas, pointed to the negotiations at the UN as a reason not to give a firm answer.
"We’re negotiating right now at the UN the contours of a resolution...a resolution that we may be able to agree to," he told reporters in Milwaukee.
"That's still going on," he said. "I'll be happy to talk to you after that."
Biden's comments suggest US support for the resolution is still an unresolved matter inside the White House.
Earlier, a vote on the matter was pushed to Thursday.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters there were still "active discussions" on the resolution but said the US needed to see specific condemnation of Hamas as part of the resolution.
"It's important for us if the Security Council is going to speak on this, that there's a condemnation of Hamas and what they did on the seventh of October, there's a recognition of the need for Israel to be able to defend itself and there's, of course, significant commitment by all members on getting humanitarian assistance into the people of Gaza," he said.