Kozo Okamoto

Kozo Okamoto, Japanese militant who took part in a 1972 Tel Aviv airport attack, dies in Beirut

Okamoto was known within the PFLP as Ahmad Al-Yabani, or Ahmad the Japanese
The PFLP said Okamoto’s journey was “marked by immense sacrifices spanning for decades on the battlefields of struggle in support of the Palestinian cause”

By AP · 23 July 2026