Germany, wary of urging a more definitive halt that could tie Israel's hands, has mooted calls for humanitarian "windows" or "pauses" in the plural.
"Letters, commas, language matter, and that's how you find agreements," said a senior EU official.
But diplomats from some EU nations warn that delays over finding the right words as the death toll mounts are hitting the bloc's global standing and leaving it flailing in the face of developments.
UKRAINE OVERSHADOWED
The eruption of violence in the Middle East has sparked fears the West could get distracted from Russia's war on Ukraine 20 months into the invasion.
The fresh crisis comes at a moment when turmoil in the US Congress has already raised questions about the sustainability of Washington's military aid.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed on Tuesday that "support will in no way be impacted by the fact that we of course since the horrible morning hours of Oct 7 have focused on Israel and the Middle East".
Chief among EU measures meant to reassure Kyiv is a plan - earlier estimated at €20 billion (US$21.09 billion) over four years - for a defence fund for Ukraine as part of broader Western security commitments.
Diplomats say progress has been held up by Hungary, Russia's closest ally in the bloc, and leaders are set to task the bloc's foreign policy chief to report back on the issue in December.
There will also be calls to impose new sanctions on Moscow that could include banning Russian diamond imports once the G7 agrees on a way of tracing them.
In addition, a plan for using the revenues from frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine will be discussed.
Looming over the discussion on Ukraine will be the country's next steps in its push to join the EU.
The bloc's executive arm is to give an assessment on Nov 8 on whether to open formal accession talks with Kyiv.
Then it will be up to EU leaders to decide whether to adopt any recommendations by the end of the year.
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