Palestinian human rights groups, sanctioned by US, vow to continue their work

Three Palestinian human rights groups that the US sanctioned for asking for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israel for war crimes in Gaza pledged to continue working with the ICC.

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and Al-Haq were sanctioned on Thursday.

Raji Sourani, the Palestinian lawyer who runs the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, said he would continue with "Business as usual".