President Biden on Friday doubled down on his attempt to claim credit for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas even though the truce was widely reported as brokered by Egypt.

Biden said during a joint press conference at the White House with South Korean President Moon Jae-in that he spent “a lot of time” on the phone with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.

The White House has disclosed only one call between Biden and Sisi, which happened hours before the cease-fire was adopted by both sides, ending 11 days of fighting between Hamas-governed Gaza and Israel.

Still, Biden told reporters his own humility was key to the deal.

“This was not something that was just done with a casual conversation between myself and Bibi. I have — presumptuous of me to say this, Mr. president — but I think I’ve got a great team.  And I spent a lot of time with el-Sisi on the phone in Egypt and they’ve done a commendable job of bringing Hamas to the table and getting them to agree to a cease-fire as well,” Biden insisted.

Biden also said, “One of the reasons why we’re able to get the cease-fire in 11 days? They didn’t do what other people have done. I don’t talk about what I tell people in private. I don’t talk about what we negotiate in private. But what I can assure you, though, is that the last time took 56 days and then six months to get a cease-fire.”

And Biden maintained that the Democratic Party still supports Israel, pushing back on an emerging pro-Palestinian faction among left-wing Democrats in Congress.

“My party still supports Israel. Let’s get something straight here: until the region says unequivocally they acknowledge the right of Israel to exist as an independent Jewish state, there will be no peace,” Biden said in response to a reporter’s question.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki had earlier defended Biden’s claim of credit for the pause in fighting earlier on Friday.

“There was a cease-fire in 11 days. That was one-fifth of the length of time of the 2014 conflict, with far fewer lives lost. This was accomplished in part because of intensive quiet diplomacy where we did not make him or leaders in the United States the centerpieces of this effort, because we felt that was not — that the most important thing we could do was play a role behind the scenes,” Psaki said at her daily briefing.

Egypt has been widely credited with mediating the deal between Israel and Hamas, an Islamic fundamentalist party and US-designated terrorist organization that governs Egypt-adjacent Gaza.

Biden called Sisi on Thursday, the day the truce was announced, according to the White House. And it was Vice President Kamala Harris who on Thursday called Jordanian King Abdullah II in the first acknowledged top-level contact with Jordan.

Egypt has been widely credited with brokering the deal between Israel and Hamas, which governs Egypt-adjacent Gaza.

Biden didn’t place his first call during the 11-day conflict to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi until Thursday, the day the truce was announced. And it was Vice President Kamala Harris who on Thursday called Jordanian King Abdullah II in the first acknowledged top-level contact with Jordan.

Still, Psaki linked the cease-fire to Biden’s six phone calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, including a Wednesday order that he expected Israel to begin “significant de-escalation,” which Netanyahu publicly rebuffed one day before the cease-fire.

“The conflict has now ended. There is a cease-fire, just over 24 hours after that call was made, and that was an important point to convey publicly,” she insisted.

“There’s no question that the president’s engagement, both with the Israeli prime minister, both with the president of Egypt, with leaders in the region, our commitment to staying disciplined and remaining focused on our overarching objective of bringing an end to the conflict as quickly as possible … contributed to the cease-fire we saw last night,” said the spokeswoman.

Biden said during his Thursday night remarks, “I extend my sincere gratitude to President Al-Sisi and the senior Egyptian officials who played a critical role in this diplomacy.”

But he also presented the cease-fire as his administration’s work.

Biden said, “We’ve held intensive high-level discussions, hour by hour, literally — Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and other Middle Eastern countries — with an aim of avoiding the sort of prolonged conflict we’ve seen in previous years when the hostilities have broken out.”

Biden continued, “Over the last 11 days, I spoke with [Netanyahu] six times. I’ve also spoken with President [Mahmoud] Abbas of the Palestinian Authority more than once in part of our intense diplomatic engagement. And I want to also thank the secretary of state, the secretary of defense, our national security adviser and everyone on our team for their incredible efforts to bring this about — this outcome that we’re about to see.”

Psaki was put on the defensive at her daily press briefing Thursday when NBC News reporter Kristen Welker asked if Biden’s delay in phoning Al-Sisi may have extended the conflict.

She fended off the question, insisting that “we have been working in lockstep with them at still a very high level.”