The National · 24 Jul 2026
Japanese militant Kozo Okamoto who took part in 1972 Tel Aviv attack dies in Lebanon
Kozo Okamoto, a Japanese militant who helped carry out a deadly attack on an Israeli airport on behalf of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), has died in Beirut, the group said. The PFLP referred to him as Ahmad Al Yabani, or Ahmad the Japanese, calling him a “comrade” who made
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