Sana'a Mehaidli

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Sana'a Mehaidli in her SSNP uniform.

Sana'a Mehaidli (? - 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 Jezzin, South Lebanon, during the Lebanese Civil War.^[1] Two Israeli soldiers were killed and two were injured.^[2]

She is believed to have been the first female suicide bomber^[3], and is referred to as the "Bride of The South". It is uncertain whether she was a Christian or Muslim, but this is irrelevant due to the secular nature of the SSNP.