Victorine Marcelle Ninio (5 November 1929 – 23 October 2019) was an Egyptian secretary and an Israeli spy who became involved in what was known as the Lavon affair.
[2] She was the only woman and her colleagues noted how unafraid she was, although it is not clear that she was aware of the dangers involved in her activities.
[1] The cell became active in 1954 and attempted to plant bombs inside Egyptian-, American-, and British-owned civilian targets: cinemas, libraries, and American educational centers to sour relations between Egypt and the Western countries.
[1] The trial began on 11 December and lasted until 27 January 1955; two of the accused (Moshe Marzouk and Shmuel Azar [he]) were condemned to execution by hanging, two were acquitted, and the rest, including Ninio, received lengthy prison terms.
In 1971, Prime Minister Golda Meir publicly accepted an invitation to Ninio's wedding to Ely Boger, and spoke with her about her time in prison.