Sana'a Mehaidli ( ar, سناء محيدلي; August 14, 1968 – April 9, 1985) was a member of the
Syrian Social Nationalist Party who, at the age of 16 blew herself and a Peugeot filled with explosives up next to an
Israeli convoy in
Jezzine
Jezzine ( ''Jizzīn'') is a town in Lebanon, located from Sidon and south of Beirut. It is the capital of Jezzine District. Surrounded by mountain peaks, pine forests (like the Bkassine Pine Forest), and at an average altitude of 950 m (3 ...
,
Lebanon, during the
Israeli occupation of South Lebanon. Twelve Israeli soldiers were killed and ten were injured.
Biography
Mehaidli was born in 1968 in the village of
Anqoun
Anqoun ( ar, عنقون), also called Ankoun, is a relatively large town in the Sidon District which is one of three districts of the South Governorate in Lebanon. The South Governorate, known also as, Mohafazah of South Lebanon is one of the eig ...
, near
Sidon, in Lebanon, in a
Christian
Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι ...
family. She has four brothers and one sister. She worked at a video store, where she later recorded her will. In early 1985, she joined the Syrian Social Nationalist Party that was affiliated with the
Lebanese National Resistance Front.
She is believed to have been the first
female suicide bomber.
She is known as "the Bride of the South".
References
External links
SSNP video in Arabic about Sana'a Mehaidli.
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Female suicide bombers
Lebanese criminals
Female criminals
Lebanese Christians
Suicides in Lebanon
1968 births
1985 deaths
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
Deaths by car bomb in Lebanon