An aging Japanese terrorist who spent more than a decade in an Israeli prison for his part in a deadly attack on Tel Aviv’s airport showed up in Beirut on Monday at an event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack.
Kozo Okamoto, 74, served 12 years in an Israeli lockup for a May 30, 1972 attack on the international airport outside Tel Aviv that was carried out by members of the Japanese Red Army guerrilla group. Twenty-six people were killed, including Christian pilgrims.
Okamoto was freed in 1985 in a prisoner exchange between Israel and Palestinian terrorists and has since gained political asylum in Lebanon, where he has been living quietly for decades.
NEWSRAEL: Yesterday, we published a video report on this terrible terror attack. You can see it here: