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

Kozo Okamoto — known as Ahmad al-Yabani — has died in Beirut at 78; he lived there for decades under protection of the PFLP.
He took part in the 1972 Tel Aviv airport attack that left 26 people dead; he was wounded, spent 12 years in Israeli prison, and was freed in a 1985 prisoner exchange.
Later granted political asylum in Lebanon despite Japanese extradition requests, Okamoto remained a rare public figure tied to the Japanese Red Army and Palestinian militant groups.