Kōzō Okamoto, a Japanese militant involved in the 1972 Lod Airport attack, has died in Beirut at the age of 78. Okamoto was a member of the Japanese Red Army and participated in the attack that killed 26 people. He had been living in Lebanon under the alias Ahmad al-Yabani and was reportedly ill for a long time. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which protected him, stated that his life was marked by sacrifices in support of the Palestinian cause. AI
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- Ahmad al-Yabani
- Beirut
- Japanese Red Army
- Kōzō Okamoto
- Lebanon
- Palestine Liberation Organization
- Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
- Tel Aviv
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