The announcement did not specify where the talks would be held.

The campaign in Gaza will help Israel realize “our demand to release a maximum number of hostages already during the first stage,” the premier said.

“We have further found that the killing of civilians and taking hostages were all central aims of the planned attack.”

Some 14,000 fighters have been killed or arrested in over nine months of combat operations in Gaza, according to the Israeli military.

The Israeli defense minister briefed visiting U.S. CENTCOM Commander Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla.

The Hamas leader in Gaza is believed by U.S. intelligence to be hiding in the tunnels underneath Khan Younis.

The images show Liri Albag, Karina Ariev, Agam Berger, Daniella Gilboa and Naama Levy shortly after they were abducted from their base in Nahal Oz.

The terrorist groups in Gaza are “paying huge prices and their ability to rebuild is very limited,” said the Israeli defense minister.

“We found him, we will also find the next ones in line,” said the IDF chief of staff, referring to Mohammed Deif, the head of Hamas’s armed wing.