Live Updates: Israel to Create Security Control in Gaza After Eliminating Hamas, Israeli PM Says

"After the elimination of Hamas, Israel's security control will be established in the Gaza Strip, including total demilitarization, so as to guarantee the absence of threat from Gaza," Netanyahu was quoted by Israel's 12 channel as saying at a meeting with heads of Israel's southern municipalities.

"Death toll from Israel's aggression has risen to 11,078, with 4,506 children, 3,027 women and 678 elderly among those killed. As many as 27,490 people have been injured to a various extent," the ministry said in a statement.

"Over the last day, IDF soldiers of the 7th Brigade conducted raids on a Hamas military post and a training compound located in the heart of civilian areas inside the Gaza Strip ... During the raid, the troops eliminated approximately 30 terrorists. Additionally, the soldiers raided the office of Muhammad Sinwar, brother of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, where documentation of military doctrine was located," the IDF wrote on its Telegram channel.

“IDF: A short while ago, terrorists launched a number of anti-tank missiles from Lebanon toward an IDF post in the area of Manara in northern Israel. IDF artillery is currently striking the source of the fire,” the IDF wrote on its Telegram channel.

"More than 50% of housing units in Gaza were damaged as a result of airstrikes and shelling from the occupation [Israel], 40,000 housing units were completely destroyed," the statement read.

"Because, you know, it can take more time," Netanyahu said.

"A short while ago, the IDF struck the organization in Syria that carried out the launch of a UAV toward Eilat yesterday (Thursday), which hit a school in the city. The IDF holds the Syrian regime fully responsible for every terror activity emanating from its territory. The IDF will respond severely to every aggression against Israeli territory," it said.