diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/src/Hooks/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/src/Hooks/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
index 610cdb8ab..64151b426 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/src/Hooks/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/src/Hooks/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -189,7 +189,11 @@ private function hookDestroy(): void
         hook(
             EloquentModel::class,
             'destroy',
-            pre: function ($model, array $params, string $class, string $function, ?string $filename, ?int $lineno) {
+            pre: function (string $modelClassName, array $params, string $class, string $function, ?string $filename, ?int $lineno) {
+                // The class-string is passed to the $model argument, because \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::destroy is static method.
+                // Therefore, create a class instance from a class-string, and then get the table name from the getTable function.
+                $model = new $modelClassName();
+
                 $builder = $this->instrumentation
                     ->tracer()
                     ->spanBuilder($model::class . '::destroy')
diff --git a/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/tests/Integration/LaravelInstrumentationTest.php b/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/tests/Integration/LaravelInstrumentationTest.php
index f3928c17d..0b1b59f92 100644
--- a/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/tests/Integration/LaravelInstrumentationTest.php
+++ b/src/Instrumentation/Laravel/tests/Integration/LaravelInstrumentationTest.php
@@ -102,16 +102,16 @@ public function test_eloquent_operations(): void
             try {
                 // Test create
                 $created = TestModel::create(['name' => 'test']);
-                
+
                 // Test find
                 $found = TestModel::find($created->id);
-                
+
                 // Test update
                 $found->update(['name' => 'updated']);
-                
+
                 // Test delete
                 $found->delete();
-                
+
                 return response()->json(['status' => 'ok']);
             } catch (\Exception $e) {
                 return response()->json([
@@ -127,18 +127,7 @@ public function test_eloquent_operations(): void
         }
         $this->assertEquals(200, $response->status());
         
-        // Verify spans for each Eloquent operation
-        /** @var array<int, \OpenTelemetry\SDK\Trace\ImmutableSpan> $spans */
-        $spans = array_values(array_filter(
-            iterator_to_array($this->storage),
-            fn ($item) => $item instanceof \OpenTelemetry\SDK\Trace\ImmutableSpan
-        ));
-        
-        // Filter out SQL spans and keep only Eloquent spans
-        $eloquentSpans = array_values(array_filter(
-            $spans,
-            fn ($span) => str_contains($span->getName(), '::')
-        ));
+        $eloquentSpans = $this->resolveEloquentOperationSpans();
         
         // Sort spans by operation type to ensure consistent order
         usort($eloquentSpans, function ($a, $b) {
@@ -186,6 +175,58 @@ public function test_eloquent_operations(): void
         $this->assertSame('delete', $deleteSpan->getAttributes()->get('laravel.eloquent.operation'));
     }
 
+    public function test_eloquent_static_operations(): void
+    {
+        // Assert storage is empty before interacting with the database
+        $this->assertCount(0, $this->storage);
+
+        // Create the test_models table
+        DB::statement('CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS test_models (
+            id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT,
+            name TEXT,
+            created_at DATETIME,
+            updated_at DATETIME
+        )');
+
+        $this->router()->get('/eloquent', function () {
+            try {
+                // create record for Test destroy
+                $created = TestModel::create(['name' => 'test']);
+
+                // Test destroy
+                TestModel::destroy([$created->id]);
+
+                return response()->json(['status' => 'ok']);
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                return response()->json([
+                    'error' => $e->getMessage(),
+                    'trace' => $e->getTraceAsString(),
+                ], 500);
+            }
+        });
+
+        $response = $this->call('GET', '/eloquent');
+        if ($response->status() !== 200) {
+            $this->fail('Request failed: ' . $response->content());
+        }
+        $this->assertEquals(200, $response->status());
+
+        $eloquentSpans = $this->resolveEloquentOperationSpans();
+
+        // Destroy span
+        $destroySpans = array_values(array_filter($eloquentSpans, function ($span) {
+            return $span->getAttributes()->get('laravel.eloquent.operation') === 'destroy';
+        }));
+
+        $this->assertCount(1, $destroySpans);
+
+        $destroySpan = $destroySpans[0];
+        $this->assertSame('OpenTelemetry\Tests\Contrib\Instrumentation\Laravel\Fixtures\Models\TestModel::destroy', $destroySpan->getName());
+        $this->assertSame('OpenTelemetry\Tests\Contrib\Instrumentation\Laravel\Fixtures\Models\TestModel', $destroySpan->getAttributes()->get('laravel.eloquent.model'));
+        $this->assertSame('test_models', $destroySpan->getAttributes()->get('laravel.eloquent.table'));
+        $this->assertSame('destroy', $destroySpan->getAttributes()->get('laravel.eloquent.operation'));
+    }
+
     public function test_low_cardinality_route_span_name(): void
     {
         $this->router()->get('/hello/{name}', fn () => null)->name('hello-name');
@@ -213,4 +254,25 @@ private function router(): Router
         /** @psalm-suppress PossiblyNullReference */
         return $this->app->make(Router::class);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<int, \OpenTelemetry\SDK\Trace\ImmutableSpan>
+     */
+    private function resolveEloquentOperationSpans(): array
+    {
+        // Verify spans for each Eloquent operation
+        /** @var array<int, \OpenTelemetry\SDK\Trace\ImmutableSpan> $spans */
+        $spans = array_values(array_filter(
+            iterator_to_array($this->storage),
+            fn ($item) => $item instanceof \OpenTelemetry\SDK\Trace\ImmutableSpan
+        ));
+
+        // Filter out SQL spans and keep only Eloquent spans
+        $eloquentSpans = array_values(array_filter(
+            $spans,
+            fn ($span) => str_contains($span->getName(), '::')
+        ));
+
+        return $eloquentSpans;
+    }
 }