Sana'a Mehaidli

Sana'a Mehaidli (Arabic: سناء محيدلي; 14 August 1968 – 9 April 1985) was a Lebanese militant and member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party (SSNP) who, at the age of 16, blew herself up next to an Israeli convoy in Jezzine, Lebanon, during the South Lebanon conflict (1985-2000). Two Israeli soldiers were killed and ten others were injured in the attack.^[1][2][3]

Sana'a Mehaidli
Mehaidli in her SSNP uniform
Born	14 August 1968 (1968) Anqoun, Sidon District, South Governorate, Lebanon
Died	9 April 1985 (aged 16) Jezzine, Jezzine District, South Governorate
Cause of death	Suicide bombing
Organization	Syrian Social Nationalist Party

Biography

Mehaidli was born in 1968 in the Lebanese village of Anqoun (near Sidon).^[4] She had 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 (SSNP) that was affiliated with the Lebanese National Resistance Front.^[5]

She may have been the first female suicide bomber, according to some researchers.^[6][7][8][9] She is known as "the Bride of the South".^[10]