US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on Tuesday that Hezbollah's call for a ceasefire today shows that the armed group has become on the defensive and is "being subjected to severe blows."

Naim Qassem, Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah, said in a speech broadcast on television earlier today that the Iranian-backed group’s capabilities were not affected, and that its fighters were repelling Israeli ground incursions despite the “painful strikes” that Israel had directed at it in the past weeks. The last few.

Qassem added that the group supports the efforts of Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, an ally of Hezbollah, to reach a ceasefire, without providing further details about Hezbollah’s conditions.

Miller said in a regular press briefing, “For a year, the world has been calling for this ceasefire, and Hezbollah refused to agree to it, and now that Hezbollah is on the defensive and subjected to severe blows, it suddenly changed its position and wants a ceasefire.” .

He added, "We still want, in the end, a diplomatic solution to this conflict."

When Miller was asked if the United States was talking with Berri about efforts in Lebanon to choose a new president, he said that Amiri officials were holding talks with various parties inside Lebanon, mostly through intermediaries.

He added, "These conversations are continuing... I do not think it is useful for me to disclose their content."

The Israeli attack on Hezbollah in Lebanon prompted some Lebanese politicians to make a new attempt to fill the presidential vacuum that has been going on for two years, in an attempt to revive the country that faces paralysis in various aspects of life while groaning under the weight of the escalating conflict.