The Lebanese armed group’s deputy leader Naim Qassem says he supports attempts by Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, a Hezbollah ally, to secure a halt to fighting with Israel, Al Jazeera reports.

It wasn’t clear whether this signalled any change in stance after a year in which Hezbollah said it’s fighting in support of Palestinians in besieged Gaza and won’t stop without a truce there.

“In any case, after the issue of a ceasefire takes shape, and once diplomacy can achieve it, all of the other details can be discussed and decisions can be taken,” Qassem said. “If the enemy [Israel] continues its war, then the battlefield will decide.”

His 30-minute televised address earlier came 11 days after the killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the most devastating blow Israel has dealt its foe in decades. Another senior Hezbollah figure, Hashem Safieddine, seen as a likely successor to Nasrallah, has not been heard from publicly since an Israeli air strike late last week.