Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) are looking into the reported death of Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif and will withdraw their case against him if they can confirm it, legal filings made public on Tuesday showed. Deif, 58, was believed to be one of the masterminds of the October 7 massacre. Israel said he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis on July 13. Hamas has neither confirmed nor denied that. "The prosecution will withdraw its (arrest warrant) application against Deif if sufficient and reliable information confirms his death," said the legal document, filed under seal on August 2 but only revealed on Tuesday. Last Friday the ICC announced it had terminated proceedings against Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, who was assassinated in Iran on July 31.
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