Soha Bechara is a Lebanese national who became known for her 1988 unsuccessful attempted assassination of former Lebanese Army Major General Antoine Lahad, the leader of the South Lebanon Army. After
Bechara in 2000
Antoine Lahad was a Lebanese Army Major General, and subsequently the leader of the South Lebanon Army from 1984 until 2000, when the SLA withdrew from Southern Lebanon and was dissolved.
Soha Bechara
…born 15 June 1967) is a Lebanese national who became known for her 1988 unsuccessful attempted assassination of former Lebanese Army Major General Antoine Lahad, the leader of the South Lebanon Army (SLA). After dropping out of school, she joined the armed wing of the Soviet-financed and PLO-supported Lebanese…
Lahad (left) with two South Lebanon Army members, in southern Lebanon (October 1990).
Antoine Lahad (right) with the President of Israel, Chaim Herzog, and the commander of the Northern Command Yossi Peled.
Shaking hands on the left Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, on the right Antoine Lahad, behind them Uri Lubrani, July 28, 1992.