Lod Airport massacre
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The Lod Airport massacre was a 1972 terrorist attack at Israel’s Lod (now Ben Gurion) Airport in which members of the Japanese Red Army opened fire and detonated grenades, killing and wounding dozens of people.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lod Airport massacre canonical | 1 |
| Lod Airport massacre (1972) | 1 |
| Lydda Airport massacre | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10307590 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lod Airport massacre Context triple: [Aharon Katzir, killedIn, Lod Airport massacre]
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A.
Ma'alot massacre
The Ma'alot massacre was a 1974 terrorist attack in northern Israel in which Palestinian militants took schoolchildren hostage, resulting in a deadly confrontation with Israeli forces.
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B.
Kfar Etzion massacre
The Kfar Etzion massacre was a 1948 Arab–Israeli War atrocity in which dozens of Jewish defenders and civilians from the Kfar Etzion kibbutz were killed after surrendering to Arab forces, becoming a symbol of sacrifice in Israeli collective memory.
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C.
1974 Kiryat Shmona massacre
The 1974 Kiryat Shmona massacre was a deadly terrorist attack in northern Israel in which Palestinian militants infiltrated the town and killed numerous civilians, including children, inside residential buildings.
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D.
Kafr Qasim massacre
The Kafr Qasim massacre was a 1956 killing of dozens of Palestinian civilians by Israeli border police in the Arab village of Kafr Qasim, which became a pivotal case in Israeli legal and political history regarding military orders and minority rights.
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E.
Deir Yassin massacre
The Deir Yassin massacre was a 1948 attack by Zionist paramilitary groups on the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, in which over 100 civilians were killed and which became a pivotal and highly controversial episode in the Palestinian exodus during the Arab–Israeli War.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Lod Airport massacre Target entity description: The Lod Airport massacre was a 1972 terrorist attack at Israel’s Lod (now Ben Gurion) Airport in which members of the Japanese Red Army opened fire and detonated grenades, killing and wounding dozens of people.
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A.
Ma'alot massacre
The Ma'alot massacre was a 1974 terrorist attack in northern Israel in which Palestinian militants took schoolchildren hostage, resulting in a deadly confrontation with Israeli forces.
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B.
Kfar Etzion massacre
The Kfar Etzion massacre was a 1948 Arab–Israeli War atrocity in which dozens of Jewish defenders and civilians from the Kfar Etzion kibbutz were killed after surrendering to Arab forces, becoming a symbol of sacrifice in Israeli collective memory.
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C.
1974 Kiryat Shmona massacre
The 1974 Kiryat Shmona massacre was a deadly terrorist attack in northern Israel in which Palestinian militants infiltrated the town and killed numerous civilians, including children, inside residential buildings.
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D.
Kafr Qasim massacre
The Kafr Qasim massacre was a 1956 killing of dozens of Palestinian civilians by Israeli border police in the Arab village of Kafr Qasim, which became a pivotal case in Israeli legal and political history regarding military orders and minority rights.
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E.
Deir Yassin massacre
The Deir Yassin massacre was a 1948 attack by Zionist paramilitary groups on the Palestinian village of Deir Yassin, in which over 100 civilians were killed and which became a pivotal and highly controversial episode in the Palestinian exodus during the Arab–Israeli War.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
airport attack
ⓘ
mass shooting ⓘ terrorist attack ⓘ |
| airportRenamed | Ben Gurion Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Ben Gurion Airport attack (1972)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lod Airport attack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackerName |
Kozo Okamoto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tsuyoshi Okudaira NERFINISHED ⓘ Yasuyuki Yasuda NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attackType |
grenade attack
ⓘ
shooting ⓘ |
| capturedAttackerName | Kozo Okamoto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carriedOutBy | Japanese Red Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| city | Lod NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| date | 1972-05-30 ⓘ |
| fatalities | 26 ⓘ |
| injured | 70 ⓘ |
| laterDevelopment | Kozo Okamoto released in 1985 prisoner exchange ⓘ |
| legalOutcome | Kozo Okamoto sentenced to life imprisonment in Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location |
Ben Gurion Airport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lod Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motive |
anti-Israeli terrorism
ⓘ
support for Palestinian cause ⓘ |
| notableVictimGroup | Christian pilgrims from Puerto Rico ⓘ |
| numberOfAttackers | 3 ⓘ |
| oneAttackerCaptured | true ⓘ |
| oneAttackerKilled | true ⓘ |
| oneAttackerSuicideByGrenade | true ⓘ |
| partOf | Israeli–Palestinian conflict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Japanese Red Army
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plannedBy | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| result |
increased airport security in Israel
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mass civilian casualties ⓘ |
| significance | one of the deadliest attacks at an international airport ⓘ |
| target |
Puerto Rican pilgrims
ⓘ
airport passengers ⓘ civilians ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
| victimNationality |
Canadian
ⓘ
Israeli ⓘ Puerto Rican ⓘ |
| weaponUsed |
hand grenades
ⓘ
submachine guns ⓘ |
| year | 1972 ⓘ |
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Subject: Lod Airport massacre Description of subject: The Lod Airport massacre was a 1972 terrorist attack at Israel’s Lod (now Ben Gurion) Airport in which members of the Japanese Red Army opened fire and detonated grenades, killing and wounding dozens of people.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lod Airport massacre (1972)
this entity surface form:
Lydda Airport massacre