[5] On 3 November 2006 she led an unarmed women's march that succeeded in breaking an Israeli siege on a mosque in the town of Beit Hanoun.
[7] The Israeli military opened fire on the group, describing them as "human shields", one was killed and ten were wounded.
[6][4] She worked as a faculty member at the Islamic University in Gaza, and was the wife (later widow) of Hamas leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi.
[9] International media confirmed that there had been an air strike on al-Shanti's home and that it killed Nahla Shanti and Abdel Majid Ghirbawi.
[12] On 19 October 2023, during the Israel–Hamas war, al-Shanti was killed in an Israeli air strike,[1][7][2][3] on her home in the Gaza Strip.