Japanese 'Arab resistance fighter' Kozo Okamoto dies at 78

Japanese 'Arab resistance fighter' Kozo Okamoto dies at 78 Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Fri, 07/24/2026 - 11:13 The leftist was involved in the deadly 1972 attack on Lod Airport in Israel, in which 26 people died Kozo Okamoto attends a ceremony organised by the Palestinian resistance to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lod attack in Lebanon's capital Beirut on 30 May 2022 (Joseph Eid/AFP) Off Kozo Okamoto, a Japanese leftist who took part in a deadly attack on Lod Airport in Israel in 1972 and spent much of his life in Lebanon , has died in Beirut aged 78. The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), which protected Okamoto during his years in Lebanon , announced his death on Thursday. It said he had suffered from a prolonged illness.