Soumaya worked seven years ago for Al Quds TV, a news channel believed to be linked to Hamas. Prior to her arrest, she worked as a freelance journalist. Part of her job was documenting the Israeli army's operations in the West Bank.
According to the journalist's husband, Tariq, Israel did not want this information to be made public. A few days before the woman was summoned to the police station, a photo of Soumaya appeared on the Jewish Telegram channel "Nazi Hunters".
For more details, see the report of the head of the Middle East bureau of RT, Maria Finoshina.