The announcement marks another step by Spain, a virulent critic of the devastating Israeli offensive in the Palestinian territory, to lead international action over the conflict, sparked by an unprecedented Hamas attack on Israel in 2023. Spain's top prosecutor, Alvaro García Ortiz, has "issued a decree to create a working team tasked with investigating violations of international human rights law in Gaza", his office said in a statement. Advertisement The investigative team's mission will be to "gather evidence and make it available to the competent body, thereby fulfilling Spain's obligations regarding international cooperation and human rights", it said. "Faced with...