IOF soldiers detain Palestinian businessman

[ 27/07/2010 - 05:39 PM ]

TULKAREM, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) detained a 50-year-old Palestinian businessman from his house in Tulkarem city at dawn Tuesday without any reasons given for the detention, local sources reported. They said that Osama Al-Tunaib, the owner of one of the biggest bus transport companies in the West Bank along with a travel company, general contracting company, and a factory for construction material, was not known for any political affiliation or activity. Locals told the PIC reporter that a big number of those soldiers forced their way into Tunaib's apartment after encircling the building that carries his name in the western suburb of Tulkarem. The soldiers ordered the inhabitants to get out of the building before taking away the businessman. Tunaib is the second businessman to be arrested by IOF troops in Tulkarem, the first being Ali Al-Dadu, the owner of a carpet company. Another IOF unit stormed Shuwaika north of Tulkarem and detained two brothers after wreaking havoc in their family home, local sources said, adding that the soldiers also ransacked the Shuwaika charity society. Meanwhile, the IOF command announced that 11 Palestinians were rounded up in the West Bank at dawn Tuesday in various areas. It claimed that a pistol and ammunition were found in one of the houses in Qalqilia.