Dossier
1972 attack
Coverage of 1972 attack in the Nexus archive.
- Japanese Red Army terrorist behind deadly 1972 attack on Israeli airport dies at 78
Kozo Okamoto, a member of the Japanese Red Army, died at 78. He was involved in the 1972 attack on an Israeli airport that killed 26 people, was sentenced to life in prison, released in a prisoner deal after 13 years, and moved to Lebanon where he lived until his death.
- Kozo Okamoto, Japanese militant who took part in a 1972 Tel Aviv airport attack, dies in Beirut
Kozo Okamoto, a Japanese militant involved in a 1972 attack on Tel Aviv’s airport that killed 26 people, died at 78 in Beirut. He was imprisoned in Israel for 12 years before being released in a prisoner exchange and later lived in Lebanon under the alias Ahmad al-Yabani, protected by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.