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The Israeli occupation forces seal off a main road in Osarin / Nablus governorate
Violation: sealing off a road via road blocks.
Location: Osarin / Nablus governorate.
Date: 01/09/2019.
Perpetrator: The Israeli occupation forces.
Victims: People of the village and surrounding villages.
Description:
The Israeli occupation forces sealed off a road and a junction in Osarin south Nablus via road blocks.
Osarin village council head Mubarak Abdulhadi said that an army force accompanied by a bulldozer sealed off the village entrance Sunday morning , September 1st 2019 , which hindered people’s movement in and out the village .
Mubarak asserted that people of the village now have to go to the nearby Bita village south Nablus in case they wanted to contact the outer world. Noteworthy, Osarin village entrance is vital for several surrounding villages like ‘Aqraba and Bita , and it serves at least 2500 people , it is also considered an entrance to Nablus city in case Za’atara junction was closed.
About Osarin:
19 km southeast Nablus city , Osarin is 700 m above sea level, and has a total area of 2185 dunums surrounded by ‘Aqraba , Bita and Qabalan, its lands are used in the cultivation of beans , olives, grapes and figs, and it has a population of 2500 people.
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